The New America Foundation hosts a program today on Change We Can Afford: Paying for a 21st Century Social Contract:

[N]either candidate is proposing tax reform anywhere near as sweeping or bold. The panel will discuss what might be done to adapt the tax code to the fundamental changes brought on by a globalized, high-tech economy as well as the opportunity that a reevaluation of fiscal policy offers to align revenues with the evolving rights and responsibilities that people assign to government, individuals, business and civil society. Finally, it will offer a historical perspective on previous efforts in this regard and prospects for reform in 2009 and beyond.

• Michael Graetz (Yale; moving to Columbia)
• Michael Lind (New America Foundation)
• Maya MacGuineas (Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; New America Foundation)
• Moderator:  Howard Gleckman (The Urban Institute/Tax Policy Center; Editor, TaxVox blog)

The program takes place today from 12:00 – 1:30 p.m. at the New America Foundation, 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, 7th Floor, Washington, D.C.