STATE OF OUR STATE

State of Our State Conference

New Directions for Arizona

TRANSCRIPT:

Read Dr. Michael Crow's opening remarks at the State of Our State.

VIDEO:

Morrison Institute Senior Fellow Grady Gammage Jr. talks about, "What's the deal with Arizona?" Gammage, who is introduced by Don Budinger, spoke at the State of Our State Conference held in Phoenix on Nov. 30.

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COMING SOON

• New poll: Arizonans' attitudes on social and public-policy issues
• Fiscal panel: What's the new equation for our state's success?  
• Debut of Arizona Directions, an annual indicators scorecard
• Panel discussion: How cities can lead the way to recovery
• A peek into Arizona's second century: Grady Gammage Jr.

• Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University
• Steven Beschloss, co-author of Adrift: Charting our Course Back to a Great Nation
• Don Budinger, chairman and founding director of Rodel Foundations
• Gonzalo De La Melena, president/CEO of the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
• Grady Gammage Jr., senior research fellow at Morrison Institute
• Lynne Herndon, Phoenix city president for BBVA Compass
• Dennis Hoffman, economist, director of Seidman Research Institute, ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business
• LaCharles Keesee, senior advisor, Office of the Mayor, Denver
• Alan Maguire, president and principal economist of The Maguire Co.
• Mayor-elect Greg Stanton of Phoenix (Invited)
• Kevin McCarthy, president of the Arizona Tax Research Association
• Pike Powers, leader of Austin, Texas, technology-driven economic development
• Doug Pruitt, board chairman of Greater Phoenix Leadership
• Bob Robb, columnist for The Arizona Republic
• Steve Seleznow, president and CEO of the Arizona Community Foundation
• Scott Smith, mayor of Mesa, member of United States Conference of Mayors Advisory Board
  

Conference hosted by Morrison Institute for Public Policy

• Richard Morrison, board chairman of Morrison Institute for Public Policy
• Sue Clark-Johnson, executive director of Morrison Institute for Public Policy

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Conference sponsors:

Arizona Directions sponsors:

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Reports, videos and other materials from the previous State of Our Conference:

Arizona fiscal crisis cannot be solved by cuts alone

The second annual State of Our State Conference was held Jan. 7, 2011, examining the state's massive structural deficit at a time of cyclical fiscal crisis. Featured was the report, Structurally Unbalanced: Cyclical and Structural Deficits in Arizona, prepared by Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Brookings Mountain West.

  Videos of keynote speeches and panels:

• Dr. Matthew Murray, economics professor at the University of Tenneesee: "Structurally Unbalanced: Cyclical and Structural Deficits in Arizona"
   
• David Stockman, President Ronald Reagan's budget director: Nation's system is borderline bankrupt without real reform
   
• Panel discussion: Economic strategies for Arizona by Dr. Matthew Murray, George Cunningham, Alan Maguire, Jim Rounds and Craig Sullivan

State of Our State Conference was sponsored by Greater Phoenix Leadership and Rodel Foundation of Arizona, and hosted by Morrison Institute for Public Policy