Economy

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Trans-Pacific Partnership Will Decrease Middle-Class Wages, Report Says

Airs at: Thu, 12/05/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
The Center for Economic and Policy Research released a report saying that the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal between 18 Pacific Rim countries will likely lead to decreases in middle-class wages in the US. Genevieve McDaniel spoke to Mark Weisbrot of the Center today. Read more

Climate Summit Corruption at the COP-19

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads from an article about the corrupt failure of the United Nations COP-19 Climate Summit, where industry interests controlled the conference and civil society groups hassled. It is titled "The Government Scandal That Shows The People Have to Take Radical Actio... Read more

Update on PPS-PAT Contract Talks with PAT President, Gwen Sullivan

Airs at: Mon, 11/25/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks to Gwen Sullivan, President of the Portland Association of Teachers. They bring an update on the contract talks between the Portland Association of Teachers and the Portland Public School district board, the possibility of a strike, and the fight for qual... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour November 11 2013

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker hosts this Veterans Day episode and we hear: BIll Resnick and Goudarz Eghtedari talk about Iranian politics Iven Hale shares stories of sexual trauma in the military Tom Becker shares a piece by George Monbiot about global capital undermining democracy... Read more

Jen Davis on The Yes Men Fix The World!

Airs at: Wed, 11/13/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Bill Resnick talks with KBOO Board Member Jen Davis about "The Yes Men Fix The World", playing Thursday the 14th at the Clinton Street Theater as part of the KBOO Monthly Movie Night. The Yes Men are an group of gonzo political activists who crash corporate events and prete... Read more

Well-read Red: PPS/PAT contracts talks, what they are and aren't about

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Frann Michel reports on Portland Public School and Portland Association of Teachers contract talks. Teachers are not fighting for wages, so much as work and ultimately learning conditions -- including class size, standardized testing, and prep-time during the day. She share... Read more

Global Capital's Assault on Democracy in the US and Europe

Airs at: Mon, 11/11/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Tom Becker reads George Monbiot's article, originally published in the Guardian, titled "A Full Frontal Assault on Democracy in Europe and the United States" Monbiot explores how international trade deals empower companies at the expense of laws, rights, and national sovere... Read more

Independent Book Sellers

Airs at: Thu, 11/07/2013 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
c; and host O B Hill, Reflections Mirror Image Books will discuss the challenges and rewards facing independent booksellers. Nationally the numbers are dwindling. Competition from chain stores and online vendors is fierce. Prospects for success are slim, at best. Why would ... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour October 28 2013

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Denise Morris hosts this Old Mole and we hear:   Bill Resnick talks with Fight for $15 labor activist, Trisha Kahle, about the movement and its political contexts   Larry Bowlden reviews Portland-area author Whitney Otto's "Eight Girls Taking Pictures".   Well-re... Read more

Monopoly, Neoliberalism and the Economic Game

Airs at: Mon, 10/28/2013 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Well-read Red Clayton Morgaredige contrasts the boardgame monopoly and the game of really existing American capitalism. There are a couple of ways Monopology is not like capitalism: everyone starts out with the same resources and success is largely determined by strategy. M... Read more