UpFront with Guest Host Marie Choi – March 7, 2016
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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
Democratic front runner Hilary Clinton is running on her experience. So what is her record? We discuss Doug Henwood’s new book chronicling more than 4 decades of her life, My Turn: Hilary Clinton Targets the Presidency. Please keep KPFA on the air by donating during our 2016 Winter Fund Drive! You can do that and … Continued
Paul Robeson was the son of a slave, an all-american football player, an internationally-renowned singer and actor, a powerful advocate of justice, and the victim of 8 years of black listing and travel bans. One of the places he found refuge was here at KPFA. We’ll pay tribute to his life and work by airing parts … Continued
The conventional wisdom is that markets reflect how people act…that it’s our nature to be greedy and competitive, but what if it’s the market that makes us act that way? We take a look at the Capitalism documentary series with the work of Political Economist, Karl Polanyi. Please support KPFA during our 2016 Winter … Continued
Fifty-one years ago this week an assassin’s bullet took the life of Malcolm X. We hear exclusive archive recordings from Malcolm X, which includes The Ballot or The Bullet. Please support KPFA in our 2016 Winter Fund Drive. You can find The Malcolm X Collection and other gifts here.
Economist Richard Wolff with a brand new KPFA talk on what the commodity collapse means for the world of politics and what the Sanders campaign means for the world of economics. Support KPFA’s 2016 Winter Fund Drive today. Donate and get your thank you gift here!