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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fireside chat with Avik Roy\, President of the Fo
 undation for Research on Equal Opportunity\, and Karen Jagodin\, Director 
 of Vabamu\, who will discuss:\n\nHow the Estonian Model Can Expand Economi
 c Opportunity in America\n\nAt its best\, the United States is a dynamic s
 ociety in which people can rise from humble origins to achieve amazing thi
 ngs. But many Americans still struggle to rise\, due to the increasing cos
 t of living\, inflexible public services\, and barriers to economic and po
 litical competition. In many of these areas\, tiny Estonia has leapfrogged
  the U.S. with its remarkable digital infrastructure. How can the Estonian
  model help Americans do better?\n\nPanelists:\n\nAvik Roy is the Presiden
 t of the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP.org)\, a non
 -partisan\, non-profit think tank that conducts original research on expan
 ding opportunity to those who least have it. Roy’s work has been praised
  widely on both the right and the left. National Review has called him one
  of the nation’s “sharpest policy minds\,” while the New York Times
 ’ Paul Krugman described him as a man of “personal and moral courage.
 ”\n\nRoy serves as the Policy Editor at Forbes\, where he writes on poli
 tics and policy. His writing has also appeared in The Wall Street Journa
 l\, The New York Times\, The Washington Post\, USA Today\, The Atlantic\, 
 National Review\, and National Affairs\, among other publications.\n\nRoy 
 is an Aspen Institute Health Innovators Fellow. He serves on the advisory 
 boards of the National Institute for Health Care Management\, the Milken C
 enter for Advancing the American Dream\, the Cicero Institute\, and the Bi
 tcoin Policy Institute\; is a Senior Advisor to the Bipartisan Policy Cent
 er\; co-chaired the Fixing Veterans Health Care Policy Taskforce\; and s
 erves on the Boards of Directors of CrowdHealth and the Texas Bitcoin Foun
 dation. From 2011 to 2016\, Roy served as a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan
  Institute for Policy Research. Previously\, he served as an analyst and p
 ortfolio manager at Bain Capital\, J.P. Morgan\, and other firms\, where h
 e invested in biotechnology and healthcare companies.\n\nKaren Jagodin ser
 ves as the CEO of Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom (Tallinn\, Esto
 nia). Karen graduated from the Estonian Academy of Art in art theory and U
 niversity College London\, Bartlett School of Architecture with MA in arch
 itectural history. Before joining Vabamu\, Karen worked at the Museum of E
 stonian Architecture and the Estonian Maritime Museum and has led a number
  of major projects on the museum scene. She is a member of the Estonian Mu
 seum Association and the Estonian Society of Art Historians and Curators.\
 nAt Vabamu\, Karen has been the primary driver behind the 'Why Estonia?' e
 xhibition on digital society\, overseeing its development and successful o
 pening in November 2021. Vabamu is the largest active non-profit museum in
  Estonia with a mission to educate the people of Estonia and its visitors 
 about the recent past and the fragility of freedom and to advocate for jus
 tice and the rule of law. It operates in three areas: Vabamu Museums\, You
 th Engagement\, and Global Conversations.\n\nAdmission Info\n\nThe event i
 s free and open to the public.\n\nIn order to attend the event in person\,
  RSVP is requested.\n\nThe event can also be followed via live stream. No 
 registration is needed to watch the live stream.\n\nThe event is part of t
 he Global Conversations\, a series of talks\, lectures\, and seminars focu
 sing on the benefits and fragility of freedom\, and is hosted by Stanford 
 University Libraries and co-sponsored by The Europe Center and Center for 
 Russian\, East European\, and Eurasian Studies.
GEO:37.426631;-122.167086
LOCATION:Cecil H. Green Library\, Hohbach Hall\, Room 122 (first floor)
SUMMARY:How the Estonian Model Can Expand Economic Opportunity in America: 
 Fireside Chat with Avik Roy
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/Avik-Roy-Karen-Jagodin-Esto
 nian-Model
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