Steven Hill is a writer, lecturer and political professional based in the United States with over two decades of experience in politics. He is a former senior fellow with the New America Foundation and Holtzbrinck fellow at the American Academy in Berlin. Mr. Hill is a frequent speaker at academic, government, NGO and business events, speaking on a wide range of topics related to politics, economics, climate change, global complexity, and future trends. His latest books include Expand Social Security Now: How to Ensure Americans Get the Retirement They Deserve (www.ExpandSocialSecurity.net, Beacon Press) and Raw Deal: How the “Uber Economy†and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers (www.RawDealBook.com, St. Martin’s Press), whichwas selected by The Globalist as one of the Top Ten Books of 2015. His previous books include the internationally-praised Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age (www.EuropesPromise.org), 10 Steps to Repair American Democracy (www.10Steps.net) and Fixing Elections: The Failure of America’s Winner Take All Politics (www.FixingElections.com).
Mr. Hill is cofounder of FairVote/Center for Voting and Democracy and former Director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation. He is a graduate of Yale University and Western Washington University/Fairhaven College, and lives in San Francisco, CA. Mr. Hill also paints, writes plays, fiction and poetry, and composes and plays music. His short plays have been produced in New York City and San Francisco.
