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Government

Speaking with Jim Tankersley

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Robin Johnson
Published October 12, 2020 at 8:29 AM CDT
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Jim Tankersley, economics reporter with the New York Times, talk about his recent book, The Riches of This Land, and how the strongest middle class in American history was torn apart and how to get it back. His writing focuses on the struggles of the middle class and failure of politicians to addresses them.

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Robin Johnson
Robin A. Johnson is a governmental relations, public policy and political consultant. He is an expert on government reform issues and has consulted with numerous local governments on consolidation/merger, public-private partnerships and full-cost accounting of public services. Robin has also helped candidates win elections for the U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, state legislature, judiciary and local government. Robin served as a consultant to the Office of Statewide Performance Review in the Illinois Governor’s Office and is former director of the Illinois Center for Competitive Government, a partnership between the Illinois Comptroller’s Office and the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. Prior to that, he was Director of the Local Government Affairs Division of the Illinois Comptroller’s Office. Robin served on the Board of Directors of the National Council for Public-Private Partnerships (NCPPP) in 1999-2000.
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