This hour, we’ll talk about why the Founding Fathers were adamantly opposed to centralized banking – and about why later politicians had a change of heart.
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Texas’ Housing Boom
We’ll talk this hour with “Texas Monthly” senior editor John Nova Lomax, whose November cover story is “The Great Texas Housing Boom.”
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The Business Of Education
This hour, we’ll talk about the many reasons why even a $100 million donation has been unable to break through the many roadblocks to education reform with the author of The Prize: Who’s in Charge of America’s Schools?
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One Day, Two Dollars
We’ll discuss the underlying causes of extreme poverty with National Poverty Center researcher H. Luke Shaefer, co-author of $2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America.
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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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The Ethical Consumer
This hour, we’ll talk about how what we know about businesses affects how we spend our money with a panel of business ethics professors.
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For Richer or Poorer: Natural Disasters
How does the aftermath of hurricanes, floods and the like fuel global inequality? We’ll talk about the topic with the author of The Disaster Profiteers: How Natural Disasters Make the Rich Richer and the Poor Even Poorer
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Inside The Market Match
This hour, we’ll talk to Nobel Prize-winning economist Alvin E. Roth about compatible markets — like employment and college admission — in which money is only one factor in making a connection.
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Real World Economics
This hour, we’ll talk to Stephen J. Dubner of “Freakonomics” fame about his new book, “When to Rob a Bank.”
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Making Others Take Notice
To get noticed, you need to inspire others to listen to you. This requires confidence, intense branding and respect as a “thought leader.” This hour, we’ll talk about this process with marketing strategy consultant Dorie Clark, author of “Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It.”
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Money Talks
When cash talks, what does it say? Kabir Sehgal, author of “Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us” would say that the history of money reveals truths about human nature. This hour, we’ll talk with Sehgal about money, money, money.
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A Place Called Jubilee
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/140/8520fb78-7cf5-4f46-b30e-bb5ed85fc6e6/KERA_Think_03-19-15_HR_1.mp3 The cost of living poor can be staggering: Racking up interest on a payday loan, working for minimum wage, paying fees to cash a check, and eating healthy when groceries are hard to find. This hour, as part of KERA’s One Crisis Away: Inside a Neighborhood initiative, we’ll talk to Courtney Collins, who reported the series, and Ben Leal, CEO of Jubilee Park Community Center.
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