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Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:00 am

Tim Geithner and Barney Frank say they’ll rein in banks that are “Too Big To Fail.” Critics say their plan won’t fix Wall Street. We’ll hear the debate.

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Friday, October 23, 2009 at 10:00 am

Pay cuts for bailout executives. Afghanistan schedules a runoff vote as Pakistan and the Taliban go at it. And the “public option” is back. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 11:00 am

With American inequality at historic levels, Yale’s Bruce Judson asks if a revolution could happen here. He says yes. We’ll hear his case.

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Monday, September 28, 2009 at 10:00 am

Wall Street bonuses helped create the global financial crisis. Now new rules are on the table. We’ll ask if Washington is ready to take on Wall Street pay.

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Friday, September 18, 2009 at 10:00 am

Max Baucus rolls out a healthcare plan. Missile defense. Murder at Yale. Jimmy Carter talks race. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Monday, September 14, 2009 at 10:00 am

One year after the collapse of Lehman Brothers, we’ll look at whether Wall Street is vulnerable to yet another crisis.

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Tuesday, July 21, 2009 at 10:00 am

The Wall Street banks are back, with Goldman Sachs out front. But after all the bailouts, can we really stomach the mega bonuses and “too big to fail,” again?

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Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 10:00 am

President Obama rolls out the biggest financial market regulation revamp since the Great Depression. Is it enough? Too much? We’ll dig in.

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Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 10:00 am

When free market champion Richard Posner says capitalism has failed, you sit up and listen. And we will.

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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 at 10:00 am

Is there a criminal case against Wall Street greed and AIG bonuses? We’ll look at who’s investigating — and the case for prosecution.

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Monday, December 22, 2008 at 10:00 am

Multi-million dollar bonuses for Wall Street executives — even now. We ask what mega-bonuses have meant, and mean, for the US economy.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 10:00 am

Move over Mr. Ponzi, Bernard Madoff is here. We’ll look at the scam that’s rocking rich Americans, and a whole lot more.

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Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 11:00 am

We look back on money, greed, and the bubble with a hedge-fund poet.

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Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 10:00 am

Unemployment is rising fast, and America’s social safety net isn’t what it used to be. We talk about surviving the new economic reality.

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 10:00 am

Top Wall Street insider Henry Kaufman on what our economy — and society — are up against in the current downturn.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 11:00 am

Investigative reporter Danny Schechter names names, in what he calls the “plunder” of the U.S. economy.

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Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 10:00 am

At the root of the financial crisis — problems with American bank regulation and the American housing market. We’ll look at both.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 11:00 am

We open up the phone lines and hear from listeners on the historic bailout failure, the financial crisis, and what should happen now.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 10:00 am

We’ve heard from Congress and the White House on financial meltdown. But what is Wall Street itself thinking? We’ll get the word on the Street.

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Monday, September 15, 2008 at 10:00 am

Bear Stearns was bailed out. Then Fannie and Freddie. Now Lehman Brothers has gone to the brink. More could follow. How much should the government step in?

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Recent Shows
The Future of Aging
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A surge of new strategies to “manage” aging — from diets to testosterone. We’ll get the story.

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Climate, Congress & Copenhagen
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The Copenhagen climate conference is one month away. US climate action is going nowhere in Congress. We’ll look at the global implications of America’s domestic climate politics.

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On Point Blog
California, here we come! And we need your questions!

On Point is headed west!
No, no. Not for good. Only for one show. But it’s a very special show!  The NPR station in Thousand Oaks, California – KCLU – is celebrating their 15th anniversary. We’re lucky to have been on their airwaves for nearly seven years, and they invited us out west to host a live [...]

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For Love of Science – or Money?

A new study supports the idea that U.S. dominance in engineering and science is threatened — but not for lack of training and education. It has more to do with a lack of social and economic incentives.

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Matthew Hoh’s Resignation Letter

Matthew Hoh, a former Marine captain, became the first foreign service official to publicly resign in protest over the war in Afghanistan. The move has generated a lot of reaction. You can read Hoh’s resignation letter, posted by The Washington Post, which reported on it here.

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