Letters and Politics – September 19, 2012
Bob Woodward, author of The Price of Politics, and economist Dean Baker on the so called “fiscal cliff.” Philip Choy on the history of San Francisco’s Chinatown.
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Letters & Politics seeks to explore the history behind today’s major global and national news stories. Hosted by Mitch Jeserich.
Bob Woodward, author of The Price of Politics, and economist Dean Baker on the so called “fiscal cliff.” Philip Choy on the history of San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Analyzing the 47% who pay no federal income tax with Jared Bernstein is a Senior Fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. From 2009 to 2011, Bernstein was the Chief Economist and Economic Adviser to Vice President Joseph Biden in the Obama Administration. Max Fraad Wolff is an instructor at the Graduate Program … Continued
Guest host, Philip Maldari, speaks to Nubar Hovsepian, Associate Professor, Political Science, Chapman University. Also Guest Host Richard Wolinsky and Iraq War Veteran Brian Castner speak about his new book, The Long Walk.
Economist Joseph Stiglitz, his latest book, “The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future”
On Letters & Politics, Philip Maldari of KPFA speaks with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies and Stephen Zunes professor at Professor of Politics and International Studies at the University of San Francisco about the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Lybia. Also Mitch Jeserich interviews Laurence Shoup author of Rulers & Rebels, … Continued
Mitch Jeserich speaks with Juan Gonzalez, co-host of Democracy Now! and author of, “News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media.”
On Letters & Politics, Philip Maldari of KPFA is guest host, he speaks with economist Richard Wolff and psychoanalyst Harriet Fraad.
Analysis of RNC with John Nichols of the Nation Magazine. March on Wall St South at the DNC.