Leigh Gallagher, Fortune /The End of The Suburbs: Where the American Dream is Moving joins Thom Hartmann. In the 1960s and 1970s – Americans fled decaying cities for the peace and quiet of the suburbs. Now – their children are fleeing the suburbs for the hustle and bustle of the big city. Is this trend just a blip on the demographic radar or a sign that suburban life is on its way to the dustbin of history?
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Conversations w/Great Minds – Leigh Gallagher – Where Millennials will move to…
It’s that time of year, the perennial “It’s snowing so it can’t be warming” season – or, as scientists call it, “winter”. Depends on where you’re standing, actually — I stood on a frozen lake with Dr. Jeff Masters to discuss the current planetary changes, but at the same time, in Alaska, historic warm temperatures were unfolding, and across the west, the deepest drought in decades.
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Understanding the Imperialist System Changed My Life – Gar Alperovitz on Reality Asserts Itself (1/5)
Mr. Alperovitz tells TRNN Senior Editor Paul Jay, that the Vietnam War made it clear there was no way to a more rational capitalism and there had to be fundamental change
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Nuclear Attack on Japan was Opposed by American Military Leadership – Gar Alperovitz on Reality Asserts Itself (2/5)
Mr. Alperovitz tells Paul Jay that President Truman used the A-bomb to make a “diplomatic” point to the Soviet Union, not out of military necessity
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Capitalism in Long Term Stagnation and Decay – Gar Alperovitz on Reality Asserts Itself (3/5)
Mr. Alperovitz tells Paul Jay that if you concentrate wealth at the top, there’s not enough purchasing power to make the rest of the system work
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The Promise and Limitations of Worker Co-ops – Gar Alperovitz on Reality Asserts Itself (4/5)
Mr. Alperovitz tells Paul Jay that the experience of Spain’s Mondragon, the world’s largest workers’ co-op, shows that workers’ ownership can go to scale, but on their own co-ops will not transform society or the economy
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What Would You Do If You Had Political Power? – Gar Alperovitz on Reality Asserts Itself (5/5)
Mr. Alperovitz tells Paul Jay there are existing models that point to what a new economy and politics might look like
Robert Reich, former Secretary of Labor and now Professor of Public Policy at UC Berkeley, looks ahead at US economic trends , the impact of globalization, and future job prospects in this “Homecoming” address to parents of UC students. Reich doesn’t promise perfect clairvoyance, but he does provide a way to think about the politico-economic issues that will shape this century. Series: “Richard and Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley” [11/2006] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 12013]
Trafficking and transborder crime to, through and from Eastern Europe. Series: “UCLA International Institute” [9/2004] [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 8774]
Dr. Calestous Juma of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, explores the impact of globalization on developing countries. Series: “Science Futures” [10/2005] [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show ID: 9942]
Best-selling author and UC Berkeley journalism professor Michael Pollan examines the food chains that sustain us — industrial food, organic food, alternative food, and food that we forage ourselves — from the original source to the final meal and in the process, develops a definitive account of the American way of eating. Series: “Revelle Forum at the Neurosciences Institute” [7/2007] [Public Affairs] [Science] [Show
ID: 12993]
Author Michael Pollan discusses his book about the ethics and ecology of eating. He is joined by a distinguished panel to discuss topics related to food, agriculture and the environment. [2/2007] [Humanities] [Show
ID: 12178]
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