Peter Hopkins
President and Co-founder
Recent Activity
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As President Obama doggedly prioritizes universal coverage over a thorough revamp of the health care system that would deliver truly efficient, sustainable care, “Obamacons”, like me, who helped elect him, have no one to blame but themselves. "Small government" minded in my political philosophy, and ... Read More
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Next week, the fifth Summit of the Americas will be convened in Trinidad and Tabago. The quadrennial event will represent Pres. Obama's South American debut and, some will say, a serious test of whether he can rally a more concerted approach to the economic crisis and the other common problems ... Read More
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It was disappointing to see so many stories about the incomes earned by many top Obama officials in the year before they entered public service, and to watch them go viral without any context.Much of the press focuses on financial ties between Lawrence Summers and Wall Street, which came in the form ... Read More
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It's been a week since the Obama Administration first announced its strategy to stabilize U.S. banks by establishing an orderly plan for them to unwind the so-called "toxic assets" currently weighing down balance sheets. Is it too early to pass judgement?As Paul Krugman declared the Saturday before ... Read More
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Outside of how best to solve the current crisis, perhaps the greatest macro question of our moment is what the net effect will be on the balance of global powers when all is said and done. From China's willingness to put forward a bold challenge to the dollar as the future global reserve currency ... Read More
About Peter Hopkins
I'm the co-founder & President of Big Think, which is dedicated to promoting informed discourse online through video interviews and getting users involved in the conversation. The site launched in beta in January of 2008 and currently features over 1500 expert contributors, from John McCain to Harrison Ford. Before my life at Big Think, I was a PBS producer, where I oversaw a partnership with Google to digitize and archive 5,000 hours of content from the Charlie Rose show and launch a new multimedia website to distribute it.