Jul 2, 2019
Named by Politico magazine as one of the top 50 thinkers in the U.S., Richard V. Reeves is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he directs the Future of the Middle Class Initiative and co-directs the Center on Children and Families.
His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, National Affairs, The Atlantic, and Wall Street Journal, among other fine publications. He is the author of Dream Hoarders, which was named a Book of the Year by The Economist, and a Political Book of the Year by The Observer. It is both eye-opening and scary.
A British-American, Richard was director of strategy to the UK’s Deputy Prime Minister from 2010 to 2012. Other previous roles include director of Demos, the London-based political think-tank; social affairs editor of the Observer; and principal policy advisor to the Minister for Welfare Reform. Richard is also a former European Business Speaker of the Year and has a BA from Oxford University and a PhD from Warwick University.
I thoroughly enjoyed our conversation and I must say that, even though Dream Hoarders made me squirm a touch, it really made me think. And that’s a good thing. Richard's ideas are worthy of your time and full consideration.