This hour, we’ll talk about how government funds to help impoverished families are often syphoned off by local governments and private businesses – and how we can correct the problem – with the author of “The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America’s Most Vulnerable Citizens.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about a shift in the business model of cybercrimes with Josephine Wolff, whose story “The New Economics of Cybercrime” appears in The Atlantic
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This hour, we’ll look at the economic impact that immigrants have on the United States with Pia Orrenius, Dallas Federal Reserve Bank senior economist and a fellow at SMU’s John Tower Center.
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This hour, we’ll talk about the impact of Toyota and other foreign companies moving to North Texas and about the state of U.S.-China trade relations with former U.S. Trade Rep, Ron Kirk.
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This hour, we’ll talk about what it’s like to live life so close to the margin between unemployment and homelessness with Matthew Desmond, co-director of Harvard’s Justice and Poverty project and author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about how the construction of a multitude of new apartment buildings affects the overall look of the city.
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This hour, we’ll talk about issues important to workers – and what workers are looking for in a candidate – with Sherry Linkon, a professor at Georgetown who edits the Working-Class Perspectives blog.
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This hour, we’ll talk about what will happen to the people who live there once the City of Dallas closes the homeless encampment.
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This hour, we’ll talk with Farai Chideya about how the career path for workers isn’t as linear as it once was. She’s the author of “The Episodic Career: How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about how the end of the Great Depression and World War II are inextricably linked with historian Eric Rauchway.
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We’ll talk about how access to rare metals may swing the balance of global power in the digital age with the author of “The Elements of Power: Gadgets, Guns, and the Struggle for a Sustainable Future in the Rare Metal Age.”
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This hour, we’ll talk about how we can keep our financial data secure with Adam Levin, author of “Swiped: How to Protect Yourself in a World Full of Scammers, Phishers, and Identity Thieves.”
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