September 1 - The Christian/Musilim Divide; The End of Loser Liberalism; Deflating Europe's Collapse

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Part 1	We begin with Eliza Griswold, the author of “The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam”. We will discuss sectarian violence along the Christian/Muslim divide that is exploding in Nigeria, Sudan and the Philippines, as conflicts over religion, nationhood and natural resources threaten to remake the world in the coming years.
Part 2	Then, we talk with economist Dean Baker about his new e-book “The End of Loser Liberalism: Making Markets Progressive”. We will discuss the willingness of progressives to accept the conservative framing of political debates, where conservatives like the market while liberals like the government which puts liberals in a position of seeming to want to tax the winners to help the losers.
Part 3	Then, finally, we challenge the recent prediction on the cover of Time that Europe is about to collapse. Steven Hill, the author of “Europe’s Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope for an Insecure Age”, joins us. We explore the paradox that while we are told Europeans are facing bankruptcy, they nevertheless enjoy a higher standard of living than we do and continue to enjoy social services we can only dream of.