Tagged: economic

05/06/13 - Monday’s Topical Currents is with political economist Gar Alperovitz of the University of Maryland. He’s the author of WHAT THEN MUST WE DO? It considers the ways a new economic order could be created. He says that for sustainable jobs and fair economy, there is a balance between extreme corporate capitalism and governmental socialism. That’s Topical Currents at 1pm on WLRN-HD1 rebroadcast at 7pm on WLRN-HD2 and audio on-demand after the live program.

02/19/13 - Tuesday's Topical Currents is with Princeton University economics professor and Wall Street Journal columnist Alan Blinder.  How did the worst economic disaster in post-war American history occur?  The US financial system, he says, was far too complex and unregulated for the public good.  Blinder has written  AFTER THE MUSIC STOPPED:  The Financial Crisis, the Response and the Work Ahead.   Links http://www.princeton.edu/~blinder/