Working For Workers
October 13, 2015This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk about advocating for these workers who help to power our economy with the project’s executive director, Cristina Tzintzún.
This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk about advocating for these workers who help to power our economy with the project’s executive director, Cristina Tzintzún.
This hour, as we broadcast live from KUT in Austin, we’ll talk about how our neighbors feel about everything from the economy to border security to allowing their kids to play football with Jenifer Sarver and Daron Shaw, who oversaw the poll.
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.
We’ll talk this hour about why rapid economic fluctuations might be here to stay with James K. Galbraith, author of The End of Normal: The Great Crisis and the Future of Growth.
The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. was found Tuesday at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. This hour, we’ll talk about what North Texans need to know about the disease with UT-Southwestern infectious disease specialist Dr. Robert Haley.
This hour, we’ll talk to local representatives from Workforce Solutions about the job prospects in North Texas and about ways that workers of all ages can better position themselves in the marketplace.
We’ll talk this hour about how we fund the Department of Defense with University of Washington professor Rebecca U. Thorpe, author of “The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending.”
Hour 1: Wall Street’s influence on the White House and vice versa has left its mark on the economy over time. This hour we’ll speak with Nomi Prins about the in’s and outs of the relationship between the two as described in her book, “All the President’s Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power.”
What are you most concerned about in the current economy?