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Advocates; Should Your State Adopt a Constitutional Amendment to Limit State Spending?

Part of The Advocates.

10/31/1973

Moderator: Evan Semerjian Advocate: John Harmer Advocate: Howard Miller Witnesses: Gov. Ronald Reagan - California Milton Friedman - Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Bob Moretti - Assembly speaker, (D) California Edmund G. “Pat” Brown - Former Governor, (D) California Produced by WGBH at KTLA in Hollywood, CA.


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Series
Advocates
Program
Should Your State Adopt a Constitutional Amendment to Limit State Spending?
Program Number

404

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:  Evan Semerjian Advocate:  John Harmer Advocate:  Howard Miller Witnesses: Gov. Ronald Reagan – California Milton Friedman – Professor of Economics, University of Chicago Bob Moretti – Assembly speaker, (D) California Edmund G. “Pat” Brown – Former Governor, (D) California Produced by WGBH at KTLA in Hollywood, CA.  Bears WGBH copyright

Duration

00:58:28

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Subjects
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996
Miller, Howard B.
Reagan, Ronald
Taxation--United States--States
Moretti, Robert, 1936-
Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006
Semerjian, Evan
Budget--United States--States
Budget--California
Finance--United States--States
California--Politics and government--1951-
Harmer, John, 1934-
Locations
Hollywood, CA
Genres
Debate
Topics
Social Issues
Public Affairs
Contributors
Reagan, Ronald (Guest)
Moretti, Robert, 1936- (Guest)
Harmer, John, 1934- (Guest)
Semerjian, Evan (Moderator)
Brown, Edmund G. (Edmund Gerald), 1905-1996 (Guest)
Miller, Howard B. (Guest)
Friedman, Milton, 1912-2006 (Guest)
Publication Information
Supported by a grant from the Open Society Foundations.
Citation
Chicago: “Advocates; Should Your State Adopt a Constitutional Amendment to Limit State Spending?,” 10/31/1973, GBH Archives, accessed April 25, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C4CD1305FC6C4E37A516D6C6DF4D61F4.
MLA: “Advocates; Should Your State Adopt a Constitutional Amendment to Limit State Spending?.” 10/31/1973. GBH Archives. Web. April 25, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C4CD1305FC6C4E37A516D6C6DF4D61F4>.
APA: Advocates; Should Your State Adopt a Constitutional Amendment to Limit State Spending?. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_C4CD1305FC6C4E37A516D6C6DF4D61F4
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