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?
Left / Right Populism: Part VIIICan 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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