Economy

Presswatch on 12/16/2010

Airs at: Thu, 12/16/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Presswatch

Theresa Mitchell with the "news you're not supposed to know." Today's topics include; WikiLeaks, the war in Afghanistan, and the economy. Read more

Per Fagereng speaks with historian Alfred McCoy

Airs at: Thu, 12/16/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng speaks with historian Alfred McCoy about his article “The Decline and Fall of the American Empire, Four Scenarios for the End of the American Century by 2025” McCoy says the demise of the United States as the global superpower could come far more quickl... Read more

Well Read Red: American Exceptionalism Revisited

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Well Read Red, Tom Becker, reads an op-ed piece by Don Monkerud, "American Exceptionalism Revisited." Tom and Don's concern is that: "Flag-waving politicians like Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Mike Pence, and Newt Gingrich use the concept of "exceptionalism" to... Read more

Andrew Fieldhouse on Obama's Tax Deal

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill talks with Andrew about Obama's "tax-deal" and its real and imagined potential for getting the economy moving again. Andrew Fieldhouse is a Policy Analyst and Fellow Economic Policy Institute. Prior to joining EPI, he worked as a research assistant and assistant budget... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour December 13th

Airs at: Mon, 12/13/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Bill Resnick hosts today's show, which features music selected by our radical musicologist, Brad Duncan. Between songs, we hear another Left and the Law installment about the FBI's role in arresting Mohamed Mohamud for attempting to use a fake bomb they supplied him with. ... Read more

The Death of the New Deal - or - Obama's Tax Cut "Compromise"

Airs at: Tue, 12/14/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: The Abe and Joe Talk Radio Show

Hosted by Abe Proctor and Joe Uris. Join Abe and Joe as we mourn the death of the New Deal. President Obama's tax cut "compromise" spells out, in painful detail, the final death of the idea of liberalism as a governing philosophy. Obama was elected at the head of a popul... Read more

Political Perspectives on 12/12/20

Airs at: Sun, 12/12/2010 at 10:00am - 10:30am

Produced for: Political Perspectives

Host Per Fagereng interviews Joshua Holland about his new book, THE FIFTEEN BIGGEST LIES ABOUT THE ECONOMY (AND EVERYTHING ELSE THE RIGHT DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT TAXES, JOBS, AND CORPORATE AMERICA). Joshua Holland exposes the most repeated, most publicized lies of t... Read more

Pratap Chatterjee on WikiLeaks v. the Imperial Presidency's Poodle, Harold Koh

Airs at: Thu, 12/09/2010 at 12:00am

Produced for: A Deeper Look

Join host, Linda Olson-Osterlund, for this interview with author, investigative journalist and Guardian columnist, Pratap Chatterjee. George Bush had John Yoo, Obama has Harold Koh the State Department's top lawyer. Chatterjee compares the two attorneys and there ascensi... Read more

Fight the Empire on 12/02/10

Airs at: Thu, 12/02/2010 at 9:30am - 10:00am

Produced for: Fight the Empire

Host Per Fagereng speaks with Michael W. Hudson about his new book, The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America - and Spawned a Global Crisis. Michael W. Hudson is a staff writer at the Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit jour... Read more

Positively Revolting on 12-03-10 Author Steve Hendricks

Airs at: Fri, 12/03/2010 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Ani and Lyn interview author Steve Hendricks, on A Kidnapping in Milan: The CIA on Trial In his book, Hendricks explores the 2003 kidnapping of Abu Oman from a street in Milan. An act which resulted in the first trial of CIA officers by a U.S. ally. Read more