Co-founder of Vox Media, Matthew Yglesias and Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University, Maurice D. Kugler who is actually shouldering the brunt of tariffs between the United States and China.
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Stop Scapegoating Big Business
Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris Chair in Economics at George Mason University, joins us to make the case that corporations actually get a bad rap and are vital to the overall success of our society.
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Reclaiming The Economy For The People
Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz joins us to talk about fundamental changes that will push markets to work for the people instead of the other way around.
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Forever A Temp
Sarah Kessler joins us to talk about how the gig economy is transforming the places people live, the hours they work and their ability to plan their lives.
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Forever A Temp
Sarah Kessler joins us to talk about how the gig economy is transforming the places people live, the hours they work and their ability to plan their lives.
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Working For Workers
This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk about advocating for these workers who help to power our economy with the project’s executive director, Cristina Tzintzún.
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Texans Weigh In
This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk about how our neighbors feel about everything from the economy to border security to allowing their kids to play football with Jenifer Sarver and Daron Shaw, who oversaw the poll.
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China’s Effect On The U.S. Economy
We’ll talk about how market volatility overseas influences our economy at home with Matthew P. Goodman, Senior Adviser for Asian Economics with the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Riding The Economic Rollercoaster
We’ll talk this hour about why rapid economic fluctuations might be here to stay with James K. Galbraith, author of The End of Normal: The Great Crisis and the Future of Growth.
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Ebola In North Texas
The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. was found Tuesday at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. This hour, we’ll talk about what North Texans need to know about the disease with UT-Southwestern infectious disease specialist Dr. Robert Haley.
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Please Send Resume To…
This hour, we’ll talk to local representatives from Workforce Solutions about the job prospects in North Texas and about ways that workers of all ages can better position themselves in the marketplace.
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On Dollars And Defense
We’ll talk this hour about how we fund the Department of Defense with University of Washington professor Rebecca U. Thorpe, author of “The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending.”
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