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MONEY vs. HAPPINESS
HOW INCOME DISPARITIES TRANSLATE INTO DIFFERENCES IN WELL BEING
Against The Grain — 06 Jan 2010
On a country-by-country basis, what do data reveal regarding the relationship between income levels, health, overall well being, and happiness?
This conversation does good service to the topic, going well past the simplistic treatments normally found in the mainstream press. The guest are researchers Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett , authors of The Spirit Level: Why Greater Equality Makes Societies Stronger.
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-- What People Would Like to Be
-- Why Some People Aren't Worried About Their Futures
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-- Understanding Plutocracy and Its Effect on Your Health
-- The Causes of the Financial Crisis – Curse of the Financial Wizards
Media Matters
John Cassidy: How Markets Fail — 03 Jan 2010 — Author John Cassidy discusses the parts played by regulation, efficient markets, and rational players in the ongoing financial mess. He also debunks a few commonly held myths associated with economist gods like Adam Smith and Milton Friedman.
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John Cassidy books:
-- How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
-- Dot.con: How America Lost Its Mind and Money in the Internet Era
Quirks & Quarks
The Top 10 Unanswered Questions in the Universe — 02 Jan 2010 — A panel of scientists offers their take on the ten most important unanswered questions about the universe and how it works. Questions include... How did the universe begin? ~~ Does biology operate using quantum physics? ~~ Will we ever be able to travel to the stars in a single generation? ~~ Are there Earth-like planets elsewhere in the universe?
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Democracy Now
Headlines
Thu, 07 Jan 2010 — Stories include... 13 killed in US drone attacks in Pakistan ~~ Al-Qaeda says CIA base bombing was revenge for drone strikes ~~ Anti-whaling vessel damaged in collision with whaling ship
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Fri, 08 Jan 2010 — Stories include... Blackwater back in the headlines ~~ Yemen warns against US military attack ~~ Geithner-led NY Fed tried to hide AIG payments ~~ Scientists call for ban on mountaintop removal mining ~~ EPA unveils tougher smog standards
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Flashpoints
Catherine Austin Fitts: Fighting the Wall Street Squid — 06 Jan 2010 — Catherine Austin Fitts says we, the lilttle guys, can take on the giant Wall Street squid by not letting the beast touch our money ~~ We also get updates on the situations in Haiti and the Middle East
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Guns and Butter
Family of Secrets - The Bush Dynasty — 06 Jan 2010 — Investigative reporter and author Russ Baker outlines the Bush family's extensive ties to the CIA as well as the fascinating connections between the Bushes' and the Kennedy assassination and Nixon/Watergate. Baker is the author of the book Family of Secrets.
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Related book:
Family of Secrets: The Bush Dynasty, America's Invisible Government, and the Hidden History of the Last Fifty Years
One Radio Network
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Andy Gause: Who Really Created the Financial Mess? — 02 Jan 2010 — Currency historian Andrew Gause reviews how we got to the current sorry financial state—and names names. This is essential listening.
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Radio EcoShock
The Coming Climate Panic — 08 Jan 2010 — Auden Schendler's says delay now will lead to instability and big government later ~~ An audio digest of Richard B. Alley's speech "The Carbon Control Knob"
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Nutrition Diva
Do Low Carb Diets Work? — 06 Jan 2010 — The Nutrition Diva compares low-fat and low-carb diets and discusses the metabolic implications of each.
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The Real News
The Grim State of the States — 03 Jan 2010 — Economic analyst James Heintz discusses the sorry state of fiscal matters among the 50 states. He predicts that as state deficits explode, almost a million state workers across the US could lose jobs, further exacerbating the overall US financial situation.
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Unwelcome Guests
Where Did the Money Go? — 05 Jan 2010 — The first half of MP3 #1 has essays from Dean Ritz on the relationship between corporate power, democracy, and the well being of the masses. The second half of MP3 #1 has a discussion by Susan George on the financial mess, its origins, and its implications. MP3 #2 continues the Susan George conversation.
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Related books:
-- Defying Corporations, Defining Democracy: A Book of History & Strategies
-- The Elite Consensus: When Corporations Wield the Constitution
A FEW MORE FROM THE 2009-2010 TRANSITION ZONE
Coast To Coast
Catherine Austin Fitt: Predictions and Safe Places — 02 Jan 2010 — Fitts sees a shift of the epicenter of the global economy to Asia; the emergence of de facto corporate rule replacing government rule in some places; and health care "reform" as mostly a transfer of wealth from those who are still working to government and insurance company coffers, with a reduction in level of services. On the positive side, she forecasts more community building and grassroots action. She says the question is not "What place is safe?" but "What place do I want to contribute to making safe?"
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Bon Chapman: Bombs, Bucks, and Beans — 02 Jan 2010 — Chapman says a 2010 military conflict in the Middle East is likely. He sees serious inflation coming, starting in the food sector, but does not see a government "gold grab."
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Notes:
(1) The MP3s above are mirrors of KSFO's full-hour MP3's, thus the clips contain news and commercials along with the above segment(s). The meaty portions run roughly in the 10:00-29:00 and 38:00-58:00 sections.
(2) You can see the Coast To Coast page for these interviews, or see a list of their latest shows.
One Radio Network
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John Hogue: Predictions for 2010 — 01 Jan 2010 — Prognosticator John Hogue reviews 2009 and gives his predictions for 2010. His topics include hurricanes and earthquakes; terrorist attacks; prospects for a diplomatic breakthrough with Iran; potential fallout in 2010 over side effects related to health care "reform"; the problem of media disinformation; expectations vs. actuality vs. potential for President Obama.
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Jay Weidner: Transformation and Survival — 29 Dec 2009 — Weidner sees the next years and decades as a time of stunning transformation of human mind and spirit. Beware, though, resistance is futile—and inimical to your well being.
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