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The crisis of the 1970s exploded the dominant ways of thinking about growth – which, among other things, held that you couldn’t have high unemployment and high inflation at the same time, and which really hadn’t accounted at all for the shock of rising oil prices. That created an opening for a new way of … Continued
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
Trade policy may be what put the Sanders campaign over the top in Michigan. And the biggest trade policy fight this campaign year will be over the Trans Pacific Partnership – the largest trade deal ever negotiated. We’ll discuss a new report on what’s in that deal. Pus: john a powell takes your calls on … Continued
Bernie Sanders just won a stunning upset victory in the Michigan Democratic primary, beating recent polls by more than 25 percentage points. We talk about why, what it means for the races to come, and the potential of the Sanders campaign beyond the election. Plus: Killer Whales have bigger brains than human, and they can … Continued
International Women’s Day! This month marks the 5th Anniversary of the popular uprisings that erupted in the small gulf nation of Bahrain. We’ll hear about the women who played a major role in the unprecedented events that took place five years ago in March. Guest: Ala’a Shehabi, author of Bahrain’s Uprising
An hour-long news magazine with a strong focus on state and local issues. Hosted by Brian Edwards-Tiekert and produced by the KPFA News Department.
When the world was mired in the Great Depression, two thinkers battled over what to do. John Maynard Keynes argued that governments should create the demand that the market did not. Friedrich Hayek argued that the free market would correct itself. Keynes won, but Hayek inspired a backlash four decades later. A backlash whose consequences … Continued
Alan Greenspan may trace the idea that markets fix themselves back to Adam Smith, but what would Smith himself say? Return to the documentary, Capitalism for the look at the moral philosophy of the creator of “The Invisible Hand” and the book that economics forgot. Please support KPFA during our 2016 Winter Fund Drive. You … Continued
Super Tuesday! Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are strong leads for the presidential nomination, but the biggest prize of the night is handed to another insurgent candidate, Ted Cruz. Guest: Andrea Grimes, digital editor at The Texas Observer.
Rick Perlstein is one of the most prominent historians of right wing politics in America. He joins us to explain the Trump campaign–how it is and isn’t like a fascist movement and how it’s making waves in the Republican party. Will it implode or move the party further to the right? What exactly is a … Continued
