Economics and Family Values with special guest Harriet Fraad. Hosted by Economics Professor Richard D. Wolff
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On today’s show, we’ll feature a wide-ranging conversation with author and academic, Ramesh Srinivasan, an Information Studies professor, about his new book. It’s called Whose Global Village? Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World. Then, we’ll turn to Syrian American journalist and writer Alia Malek. Her new book is called The Home That Was Our Country: … Continued
This Thursday Trump passed an executive order on religious freedom. It allows religious institutions to endorse candidates from the pulpit and it exempts them from providing contraceptives to their employees. Jessica Pieklo, vice president of law and the courts, joins us. Then, The Australian leaked a 23 page document detailing how Facebook targets teens who … Continued
Protests Erupt After House Republicans Pass Healthcare Bill That Could Hike Premiums for Millions; French Voters Face Presidential Election Between Xenophobic Candidate & Centrist Investment Banker; NAACP Calls on Louisiana to Charge Police Officers Who Shot & Killed Alton Sterling in Viral Video; NAACP Renews Demands for Police Reform After Police Shooting of Black Teen … Continued
Today Mitch Jeserich talks with Jonathan Allen who covers the White House and the 2016 presidential campaign for Bloomberg News. An award-winning reporter, he has also written extensively about Congress and national politics, and he appears frequently as a political analyst on national television news programs. Jonathan Allen is co-author of the book Shattered: Inside Hillary … Continued
As the Republican Party and Donald Trump reach a spending agreement to avert a government shutdown, we’ll turn today to Hunter Blair of the Economic Policy Institute to explore a progressive vision of government spending. And, Allan J. Lichtman, the professor who controversially predicted that Trump would win the election is now predicting that he … Continued
The homeless population in the Bay Area is growing at a rapidness proportionate to the rate of evictions and gentrification. Host Cat Brooks speaks to Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan representing Oakland and Heather Freinkel Managing Attorney at Homeless Action Center. Then, Ibram X. Kendi discusses his New York Times bestseller, “Stamped from the Beginning.” Winner of multiple awards including … Continued
Fla. Lawmakers Apologize to Family of “Groveland Four,” Black Men Falsely Accused of Rape in 1949; Marissa Alexander, Jailed for 3 Years, Speaks Out on Intimate Partner Violence & Building Movements; Meet Ammar Mohrat: Syrian Asylee Picked as College Commencement Speaker in Florida.
Marketization and Inequality
What stage of capitalism are we in, and what processes of commodification are associated with it? Michael Burawoy isn’t fond of the term “neoliberalism”; he thinks we’re experiencing the third wave of marketization. Burawoy draws upon the ideas of Karl Polanyi and others to examine the past and evaluate the present.
Host Mitch Jeserich speaks with Louis S. Warren about his book “God’s Red Son: The Ghost Dance Religion and the Making of Modern America,” which describes the pan-Indian religious movement that swept across the west and the great plain as a form of resistance and reconciliation to colonialism. This book is critical to understanding how … Continued