#989 Investments in education should not earn cash profits
Air date: 2-9-16
Today we look at the intersection of our educational system and the detrimental influence that money, austerity policies and the profit motive have on the education that our kids have access to
Read more#988 When climate science meets faith-based economics
Air date: 2-5-16
Today we look at the intersection of the climate crisis with our current economic system including how monopolies, trade deals, market failures and the concept of “externalities” all work together to make climate change worse
Read more#987 The double helix of racial and economic inequality
Air date: 2-2-16
Today we look at the intersection and roots of systemic racism and institutional poverty in America and the ways in which each supports and bolsters the other
Read more#986 The trouble with extreme wealth inequality (Economics)
Air date: 1-29-16
Today we look at the case against extreme wealth inequality and not just from an economic justice perspective. Extreme wealth inequality leads to more social ills and destabilization than you probably ever guessed
Read more#985 A conservative policy showcase (Flint’s poisoned water)
Air date: 1-26-16
Today we look at the series of events and conservative policies that lead, predictably, to the public health crisis currently playing out in Flint, MI due to their contaminated water supply
Read more#984 To save or destroy capitalism (Economics)
Air date: 1-19-16
Today we look at some of the downfalls of our current economic system, a few thoughts on what to do about it and what Bernie Sanders is doing to push this conversation forward
Read more#978 The future of work (Culture)
Air date: 12-21-15
Today we look at the shifting trends of how and why people work and what may happen when the robots take everyone’s jobs
Read more#977 Legal corruption and how to fix it (Money in Politics)
Air Date: 12-18-15
Today we look at the fundamental barrier to democracy in the US and the veritable swarm movements springing up to tear it down
Read more#974 The Trans Pacific Partnership revealed (Corporate Takeover)
Air date: 12-8-15
Today we look at a variety of ways corporations are working hard to screw over people and the planet in search of profits with a particular focus on the recently-released full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Read more#973 Killing the middle class (Labor Rights)
Air date: 12-4-15
Today we look at the troubling trends facing today’s low wage workers and those in the middle class who may eventually find themselves to be low wage workers
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