Episode 37 - November 28, 1020

Episode 37 - November 28, 2010 Left / Right Populism: Part VIII

Can principled people on the left and right unite clean up our democratic institutions?
  • History: Demagogues take advantage of bad economic times for political gains including the use of government to enrich themselves.
  • Three economists see three futures: Pretty Bad, Very Bad and Absolutely Catastrophic.
  • Call for unity among principled conservatives and progressives: Unite to counter-act dangers of demagogues during the coming hard times.
  • Alternatives to bailing out too-big-to-fail banks: Economist Dean Baker exposes false dichotomy of "bailout" or "disaster".
  • Prosecute Bush: Hilary Clinton lectures Cambodia on facing up to its past. She should look into a mirror.
  • Social Security: An exaggerated financial solvency crisis?  Economist Dean Baker and "the solution" for keeping Social Security solvent in perpetuity.

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