Caitlin Zaloom, associate professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University, joins us to discuss how college-minded parents are taking on enormous debts to fund higher education and why the middle-class is especially crunched.
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David Stebenne teaches political, legal and constitutional history at The Ohio State University. He joins us to talk about the social movements and government policies that defined the mid-20th century.
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Texas Monthly writer Christian Wallace joins us to talk about what it’s like to live through the ups and downs of the oil industry.
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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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Alissa Quart joins us to talk about why increases in the costs of healthcare, childcare and education are making it increasingly difficult for middle-class families to survive.
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University of Pennsylvania professor Lisa Servon joins us to talk about why people choose to go without a bank – and about what banks can do to earn their business.
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This hour, we’ll talk about an idea for preserving the middle class that on the surface sounds anathema to our capitalist society – a universal basic income. We’ll be joined by Andy Stern, author of “Raising the Floor: How a Universal Basic Income Can Renew Our Economy and Rebuild the American Dream.”
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