Video Library

The Center presents interviews with some of Kentucky’s most forward-thinking citizens, learning about issues they believe will be crucial to the Commonwealth’s future. Each of the 43 interviews began with the same simple question: What issue or issues do you see as being most important to the future of Kentucky? For more information about the interviews, please click here.
 

The Road Ahead

Uncertainty and Opportunity in a Changed World

Click on a film icon () to watch a video on a chapter. These videos, each about five minutes long and narrated by the chapter author, use dynamic figures to illustrate key points.

   Introduction
   A Changed World: 9/11's Implications for Kentucky, Michael T. Childress

   Globalization in a Post-9/11 World: Uncertain Implications for Kentucky, Amy L.. Watts

   Rising Prosperity Despite Disparities: Income and Poverty Trends in Kentucky, Amy L.. Watts

   Still Left Behind: Kentucky Per Capita Income Trends, Eric Scorsone

   Progress with Caveats: Environmental Ground Gained and Lost, Leslie Cole

   One Million More: Population Growth, 1960-2000, Michael Price

   Bluegrass and Blacktop: The Transformation of Kentucky's Landscape, Mark Schirmer

   No One Left Behind?: Trends in Educational Attainment and Achievement, Amy L.. Watts

   Opportunity at Risk: Equity in Access to Higher Education, Michal Smith-Mello

   Health Care Redux: Some New, Some Stubborn Old Problems, Michal Smith-Mello

   A Wired State: Trends in Individual Technology Use, Michael T. Childress

   A Virtual Marketplace: E-Commerce and Online Sales in Kentucky, Jonathan Roenker

   Seven E-Z Pieces: Financing State and Local Government, Charles W. Martie