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The Virtue of Selfishness or The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Joe and Clayton consider selfishness and altruism in the context of Ayn Rand's work. They bring in Oscar Wilde's 1891 essay "The Soul of Man Under Socialism" - which almost sounds like an essay Rand would write - as an alternative understanding of the same dynamics of altr... Read more

Guess Who's Winning the Class War?

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Tom Becker reads "Class-Warfare Scorecard: guess who's winning?" Mike Whitney deflects the myth that our economic woes are due (primarily) to "credit addled shoppers going crazy at Macy's." Instead, wages have stagnated since the 1970s, money has accumulated among those wh... Read more

The Economics of Public Goods

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Martin and Bill connect the ideological, political and economic aspects of neoliberalism and talk about the obfuscation over the last 30 years of the state and public goods in the economy.   Martin Hart-Landsberg is a professor of economics at Lewis and Clark College and t... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour April 18th

Airs at: Mon, 04/18/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
 Today's show, hosted by Denise Morris, features two conversations about Ayn Rand, an interview about public goods and the economy, and the latest scores for the current class-war. For information about our theme music and our graphics, go to our main page. You can also fol... Read more

Abe & Joe discuss the Federal Budget

Airs at: Tue, 04/19/2011 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor. today, we'll discuss the Federal Budget. CD-1829 Read more

Peter Mountford discusses recent novel: "A Young Man's Guide to Late Capitalism"

Airs at: Wed, 04/13/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Marianne Barisonek speaks with fiction writer Peter Mountford about his new novel A Young Man's Guide to Late Capitalism, which tells the story of Gabriel de Boya, a recent college graduate who works for an unscrupulous hedge fund while pretending to be a freelance jou... Read more

Positively Revolting on 04-15-11 United for A Fair Economy

Airs at: Fri, 04/15/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Positively Revolting
Positively Revolting hosts Ani & Lyn talk about wealth and taxes with guest Brian Miller, the Executive Director of United for A Fair Economy When it comes to taxes, not all income is created—or taxed—equal.  Despite the time-honored value of rewarding hard work, our tax co... Read more

The Mysterious Case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui: Interview with Victoria Brittain

Airs at: Thu, 04/14/2011 at 9:30am - 10:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
Do you like a mystery? Then I have one for you. It’s the mysterious case of Dr. Aafia Siddiqui. This American educated, Pakistani neuroscientist, and her 3 young children disappeared in Pakistan in 2003. Did she go underground with Al-Qaeda or was she kidnapped by the US a... Read more

The United States and Torture: Interrogation, Incarceration, and Abuse

Airs at: Thu, 03/24/2011 at 12:00am
Produced for:  A Deeper Look
That's the title of the new book  edited by author Marjorie Cohn. The professor and former President of the National Lawyers Guild, joins host Linda Olson-Osterlund to talk about the history and scope of the United States use of torture. The book is made upf of essays by so... Read more

The Assault on Labor and ALL of America's Working Class

Airs at: Tue, 04/12/2011 at 12:00am
Hosted by Joe Uris and Abe Proctor What if the labor movement never happened? What if we never gained weekends or sick leave? Or lunch hours, paid vacation, health insurance? The 40-hour work week? With hundreds of union-busting bills pending across the nation, Abe and Joe... Read more