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Our guests on last week's show were:
- Michael Lind is Policy Director of New
America's Economic Growth Program. Michael's most recent
book is 2005's "What Lincoln Believed" (Doubleday).
He has been an editor or staff writer for The New Yorker,
Harper's Magazine, and The New Republic. His first three
books - 1995's "The Next American Nation: The New Nationalism
and the Fourth American Revolution" (Free Press), 1996's
"Up From Conservatism: Why the Right Is Wrong for America
(Free Press), and 1999's "Vietnam: The Necessary War
(Free Press) - were all selected as New York Times Notable
Books. His most recent writing includes "The
tragedy of Obama," and "The
Clintonites Were Wrong."
- Simon Schama is Professor of Art History and History
at Columbia University. Simon's books have won the Wolfson
Award for History, the W.H Smith Prize for Literature; the
National Academy of Arts and Letters Award for Literature.
His 2007 book, "Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves
and the American Revolution" (Ecco
Press) won the Critics' Circle Award for Non-Fiction.
His most recent book is last year's "America's Future:
A History" (Ecco
Press). He has been an essayist and critic for The New
Yorker since 1994, his art criticism winning the National
Magazine Award in 1996. His television work for the BBC
and PBS as writer-presenter includes the award-winning,
Emmy-nominated "A History of Britain"; a ninety
minute adaptation of "Rough Crossings," and the
eight-part "Power of Art." Last year, Simon became
a contributing editor at Financial Times. His most recent
writing there includes, "Why
Obama should play to populism."
- Dean Baker is co-director of the Center
for Economic and Policy Research. Dean writes the Beat
the Press blog at the American Prospect. Last year,
Dean wrote the book, "Plunder and Blunder: The Rise
and Fall of the Bubble Economy." (PoliPointPress).
His latest book, "False Profits: Recovering from the
Bubble Economy" (PoliPointPress)
will be available for purchase in ePub & .mobi formats,
as well as in the Kindle Store, beginning February 15th.
His recent writing at The
Guardian includes, "Extend bank tax to do the business."
- investigative journalist Greg
Palast is the author of the New York Times bestsellers
"The Best Democracy Money Can Buy" and "Armed
Madhouse." Greg's recently released DVD is called,
"Palast Investigates: From 8-Mile to the Amazon,"
which focuses on the trail of the financial marauders. The
DVD is a compilation three Palast reports on BBC Newsnight,
none of which have been broadcast on American television.
All of Greg's books and videos can be purchased through
his web site. Just click above on his name.
Greg's most recent writing includes, "Manchurian
Candidates: Supreme Court allows China and others unlimited
spending in US elections," and "The
Right Testicle of Hell: History of a Haitian Holocaust."
We also heard from 'The Radical Pessimist' Kevan Harris
live from Tehran, and Jeff
Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth.
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