Economy

Chuck Collins on the Stimulus Package

Airs at: Tue, 02/17/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Required reading for today's broadcast: EconomicMeltDownFunnies.org... President Obama has just signed a 787 billion dollar stimulus package into law. So what does it all mean and what can we hope for? Locus Focus Resident Economist Chuck Collins joins Locus Focus host Ba... Read more

Liberal whiplash syndrome

This about sums it up. -A H/T Salon.com Read more

Positively Revolting on 02/20/09

Airs at: Fri, 02/20/2009 at 8:00am - 9:00am

Produced for: Positively Revolting

Marty Hart-Landsberg on the Economy, Part Two. Host Melodie Silverwolf. Marty Hart-Landsberg is Professor of Economics and Director of the Political Economy Program at Lewis and Clark College. His books include Marxist Perspectives on South Korea in the Global Economy, wh... Read more

Economic Stimulus: Winners & Losers

Airs at: Wed, 02/11/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Voices from the Edge

Host Jo Ann Bowman talks about winners & losers in the final Economic Stimulus Package. Read more

Punk'd?

Hmm. So after a resounding electoral victory, an inauguration the likes of which we've never seen, and an odd new empathic burst of shared purpose, President Obama did what now? He followed Bush's lead on civil liberties. Obama Administration Maintains Bush Position on '... Read more

John Cavanagh on the Stimulus Package

Airs at: Tue, 02/03/2009 at 12:00am

Produced for: Locus Focus

Locus Focus host Barbara Bernstein talks with John Cavanagh with the Institute for Policy Studies about the ins and outs of Barack Obama's economic stimulus package. What is progressive about the proposal, where could it go further and why does it upset the Republicans ... Read more

Trans & Womyn's Action Camp 2009 Needs Workshops!

Trans & Womyn's Action Camp 2009 Needs Workshops! author: TWAC e-mail: twac@riseup.net We are happy to announce that there will also be a Trans' and Womyn's Action Camp gathering of eco-activists, who are also working to bring down patriarchy. This will be a 6 day traini... Read more

David Korten: Agenda for a New Economy--Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth

Airs at: Wed, 01/28/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Special Programming: Public Affairs

Host Stephanie Potter interviews David C. Korten about his new book "Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth: Why Wall Street Can't Be Fixed and How to Replace It." Korten identifies the deep sources of the current economic crisis: Wall Street ins... Read more

Jack D. Forbes: "Columbus and Other Cannibals"

Airs at: Wed, 01/28/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Radiozine

Host Theresa Mitchell speaks with Jack D. Forbes, author of "Columbus and Other Cannibals." Forbes is professor emeritus and former chair of Native American Studies at the University of California at Davis. He was instrumental at the start of the Native American Movement... Read more

live screaming on the weird wild web

First, the good news: "WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected to sign executive orders Thursday directing the Central Intelligence Agency to shut what remains of its network of secret prisons and ordering the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year, gov... Read more