Economy

Stagnant Wages, Rising Productivity, and Unemployment as Ideological Problem

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker reads a CounterPunch article by Geoffrey MacDonald, "The Revolving Door of Unemployment". MacDonald argues against the fallicious logic that tries to solve problems created by economic growth, like stagnating wages and unemployment, with MORE economic growth. Ge... Read more

High Stakes Testing As Class War Strategy

Airs at: Mon, 03/10/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with local education activist Hyung Nam about high stakes testing in US schools. Hyung talks about how he was threatened with firing from Wilson High School for asking critical questions about high stakes testing, but also for raising other critical quest... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour 3 March 2014

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear about recent events in Venezuela, a 2009 documentary about pharmeceutical profits and female sexual dissatisfaction, a discussion of the meanings of work beyond waged labor, and an upcoming performance about young women negotiating... Read more

Mark Weisbrot on Venezuela

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Mark Weisbrot about recent upheavals in Ukraine and especially in Venezuela, where the right-wing protesters lack the leverage to oust the recently elected government. Mark Weisbrot is co-director of the Centre for Economic and Policy Research in W... Read more

Survey Analyzes Possibilities for "Co-Existence" Between GMO and Non-GMO Crops

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

The USDA Committee on 21st Century Biotechnology has released policy recommendations for what they call the “co-existence” of genetically modified (GMO) and non-GMO crops. The policies were necessitated by a lack of data regarding GMO crop contamination and its effect on ... Read more

US Job Growth Subsidies Favor Corporate Tax Breaks Over Small Businesses

Airs at: Mon, 03/03/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Evening News

A new report on job growth in the U-S suggests that the bulk of subsidies being granted to business to spur job growth go to large corporate tax breaks, rather than small, local businesses. Leigh McIlvane is a research analyst with Good Jobs First, who issued the report. Th... Read more

Portland Student Union activist, Kate Barnes, on PPS/PAT struggle

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill talks with Kate Barnes, a student at Cleveland High School and activist with the Portland Student Union. They talk about what's ailing Portland's schools from the student perspective (something the mainstream media does not cover) and how they are struggling alongside ... Read more

Elizabeth Thiel, PPS Teacher and Parent, on PAT/PPS contract struggle

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick talks with Elizabeth Thiel, a Portland Public School teacher and parent, about recent contract struggles. They talk about why they wanted to go on strike. She says teachers want to maintain and increase their ability to their job well. This means smaller classe... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 24 2014

Airs at: Mon, 02/24/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Tom Becker hosts this Old Mole and we hear a double report from Portland Public School teachers and student activists, a review of the fiction of Anita Brookner, as well as a discussion about the politics of Pete Seeger and his music. Bill Resnick talks with Elizabe... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour February 17 2014

Airs at: Mon, 02/17/2014 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts this membership-drive special and we hear: Bill talk with Barbara Garson about how the 99% experience capitalism today. Movie Moles, Joe Clement & Jan Haaken, review the PBS documentary "Pete Seeger: the power of song". Well-read Red Frann ... Read more