News Digest

Podcast interview with Michael Lewis – How the Financial Crisis Created a New Third World – NPR’s Fresh Air host Terry Gross talks with the author of “Moneyball” and “The Blind Side” about his new book, “Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World.”

Video Interview from PBS New Hour with Stephane Hessel  94-year old former French resistance fighter about his new book “Time For Outrage” (Indignez-Vous!) to inspire a younger generation to political action.

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September 2011

Michael Kazin – Whatever Happened to the American Left?  history and a perspective on the ongoing commitment it take.   NY Times

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August 2011

Don Peck – Can the Middle Class Be Saved?      Atlantic Monthly

Paul Krugman – The Wrong Worries — on the jobs crisis in the U.S.     NY Times.

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July 2011

Gordon Brown – Europe’s Real Problems — former British Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer on the failure of analysis and leadership on the European economy.