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2010 Program Archive
Guests: Rev. Eugene Barnes and James Mumm; Les Leopold; Paulo Sotero
Topics: Bank protests; declining middle class; Brazil-Iran relations
Rev. Eugene Barnes and James Mumm of the National People's Action (www.npa-us.org) discuss protests they organized against banks and bank lobbyists; Les Leopold examines the problem of consumer spending bolstered by the rich while middle-class and poor suffer; Paulo Sotero explains Brazil's dealings with Iran.
Guests: William Cohan; Juan Cole; Ben Scott
Topics: Bank regulation; Iraq elections; FCC on net neutrality
William Cohan discusses bank regulation; Juan Cole talks about the Iraq elections and their aftermath; from the "Daily Briefing" archives, Ben Scott discusses net neutrality
Guests: James Kwak; Ann Louise Bardach; Amy Hollyfield
Topics: Bank reform; Cuba; Florida politics
James Kwak on Obama and Wall Street reform; Ann Louise Bardach on Cuba; Amy Hollyfield on the senate race in Florida between Charlie Crist and Marco Rubio
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