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WHAT: Arianna Huffington, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, will discuss the gradual demise of America as an industrial, political, and economic leader. WHEN: 3:30 to 5 p.m., Oct. 13, 2010
WHERE: Wayne State University is presenting this special FOCIS event at the Detroit Institute of Arts Lecture Hall located at 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202
MORE INFO: Examining the rapid erosion of America's middle class, Huffington will explore the possibility that future generations will face declining opportunities and deteriorating standards of living. She will put forth the theory that the United States of America is in danger of becoming a third world nation.
Huffington is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post, a nationally syndicated columnist, and author of 12 books. She is also co-host of "Left, Right & Center," public radio's popular political roundtable program.
Wayne State University is a premier urban research institution of higher education offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.