We speak with Jesse Lerner-Kinglake about how we can end sexual abuse behind bars. Jesse is Just Detention International’s Communications Director. Just Detention International works inside detention facilities across the country to develop policies and programs that keep people safe from sexual abuse.
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Music by Podington Bear
We are back for another episode of Good News! Today we talk about rural education, BDS and Airbnb, DACA and The Rhodes Scholarship, and the National Book Award winning author Elizabeth Acevedo. We also discuss our favorite organization in the world: The Brotherhood-Sister Sol and encourage listeners to support them on #givingtuesday.
We speak with Anat R. Admati about banking. Anat Admati is the George G.C. Parker Professor of Finance and Economics at Stanford. She is the co-author, with Martin Hellwig, of the award-winning and highly acclaimed book The Bankers’ New Clothes: What’s Wrong with Banking and What to Do about It (Princeton University Press, 2013; bankersnewclothes.com). In 2014, she was named by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential people in the world and by Foreign Policy Magazine as among 100 global thinkers.
The New York Times on Anat Admati: “When She Talks, Banks Shudder”
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Our market economy produces trillions of dollars in wealth and provides us with ever more stuff. We are richer than any humans that have come before, and by many measures, life has never been better. In other words, the market system generally works. But periodically markets fail, and when they do the results can be catastrophic. In this Olio we will explore how market failure occurs and why market failure seems to be happening more frequently.
There are a number of ways markets fail, from externalities to asymmetric information, and the idea of this Olio is to delve into the market failures happening in real life. From crypto currencies, to online dating sites to tourists paying too much for a bottle of water, we'll explore market failures and how they directly affect us.
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56-06 Cooper Ave, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Trees, ping pong, checkers, grass to lie in, fresh air, and the occasional passing freight train.
We speak with producer and musician Gabe Wax about the economics of the music industry. Gabe has had a hand in some of the most critically acclaimed albums of the past decade; from Cass Mccombs to Deerhunter, The War On Drugs, Wye Oak, Speedy Ortiz, Beirut, Palehound and Here We Go Magic. Gabe won his first Grammy this year.
We speak with Malcolm Harris about his book Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials. Malcolm Harris is a freelance writer and an editor at The New Inquiry. His work has appeared in the New Republic, Bookforum, the Village Voice, n+1, and the New York Times Magazine.
We speak with Alfredo Saad-Fihlo about the Brazilian elections. We discuss the improbable rise of Jair Bosonaro, the tragic fall of Lula and the PT, and the future of Brazilian democracy. Alfredo Saad-Filho is a professor of political economy in the Department of Development Studies at SOAS, University of London.
We speak with Nathaniel Popper about the past and future of Bitcoin. Nathaniel Popper covers finance and technology from San Francisco for The New York Times. He is the author of "Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the Inside Story of the Misfits and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent Money." Before joining The Times he was a reporter at The Los Angeles Times and The Forward.
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We speak with René Rojas about the rise of the “Pink” left in Latin America from the late 1990s to the present. We discuss how this movement differs from the socialism of the 1960s and 1970s, what limitations the “Pink Tide” faced, and what the future holds for the Latin American left. René Rojas teaches sociology and political science at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. His research is on neoliberal development and politics in Latin America, where he spent years as an activist.
From the New York Times Opinion Page 10/28/18
America — and Judaism — at Its Best
The man accused of the synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh seemed fixated on HIAS, the refugee organization that helped save my family….Read more here.
