Advocates; Should there be a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget?

04/01/1979

Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Avi Nelson Advocate: Barney Frank Witnesses: Edmund G. Brown, Jr. Governor of California (via remote) Professor Charles Baird California State University, Hayward Sen. James McClure (R) Idaho Henry Reuss Chair, House Banking Committee John Kenneth Galbraith Economist

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Series: Advocates
Program: Should there be a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget?
Program Number: 608
Series Description: A SERIES OF DEBATES with a moderator facilitating the discussion of national and international issues - using advocates who would introduce witnesses to support their point of view. Debates recorded at Boston's Faneuil Hall. Moderators included: Michael Dukakis; Marilyn Berger; Michael Harrington, Robert Maynard. (Premiered October, 1969; conceived by Prof. Roger Fisher.) Other participants included Barney Frank, Avi Nelson, Antonin Scalia, S.I. Hayakawa, Paul Simon, Albert Shankar, Richard Bolling, Pete McCloskey, Chester Crocker, John Anderson, Elmo Zumwalt, George Ball, John Kenneth Galbraith, William Colby, Eleanor Smeal, Phyllis Schlafly, Sam Ervin, Laurence Tribe, Daniel Schorr, Orrin Hatch, Morris Udall, Edward Kennedy, George McGovern, Jake Garn, Paul Tsongas, Alan Dershowitz. Series release date: 1969
Program Description: Moderator: Michael Dukakis Advocate: Avi Nelson Advocate: Barney Frank Witnesses: Edmund G. Brown, Jr. – Governor of California (via remote) Professor Charles Baird – California State University, Hayward Sen. James McClure – (R) Idaho Henry Reuss – Chair, House Banking Committee John Kenneth Galbraith – Economist Co-produced with the Institute of Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Bears WGBH copyright.
Duration: 00:59:08
Asset Type: Broadcast program
Media Type: Video
Subjects: Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1908-2006; Frank, Barney, 1940-; Dukakis, Michael S. (Michael Stanley), 1933-; McClure, James A.
Locations: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Genres: Debate
Topics: Social Issues; Public Affairs
Contributors: Galbraith, John Kenneth (Guest); Brown Jr, Edmund (Guest); Reuss, Henry (Guest); McClure, James (Guest); Dukakis, Michael (Moderator); Frank, Barney (Guest); Nelson, Avi (Guest); Baird, Charles (Guest)
Publication Information: Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation: Chicago: “Advocates; Should there be a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget?,” 04/01/1979, GBH Archives, accessed November 12, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9E7C8B6810DC4F98872A0047AC373B41.; MLA: “Advocates; Should there be a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget?.” 04/01/1979. GBH Archives. Web. November 12, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9E7C8B6810DC4F98872A0047AC373B41>.; APA: Advocates; Should there be a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9E7C8B6810DC4F98872A0047AC373B41

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Advocates; Should there be a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget?