This hour, we’ll talk with Katherine Newman, provost and professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She’s the co-author of the new book “Reskilling America: Learning to Labor in the Twenty-First Century.”
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Saving The Middle Class
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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An Economic Solution To Climate Change
This hour, we’ll talk about developing a market-based approach to fighting global warming with former U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC), executive director of republicEn, an organization dedicated to free-enterprise solutions to climate change.
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The Body Cam Market
This hour, we’ll talk about Taser – the leader in producing both body cameras and stun guns – with Karen Weise, whose story about the company appears in Bloomberg Businessweek.
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The Business Of Poverty
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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The Business Of Cybercrime
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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The Economics Of Immigration
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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A Talk About Trade
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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From Unemployed To Homeless
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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The Look Of Dallas Living
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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The State Of The Working Class
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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The Future Of Tent City
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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