Month: April 2014

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Start the Week - The Future of Capitalism

Anne McElvoy talks to the social theorist Jeremy Rifkin who foresees the gradual decline of capitalism and the rise of a collaborative economy. As new technology enables greater sharing of goods and services, Rifkin argues that it provides a challenge to the market economy. The sociologist Saskia Sassen warns that the majority of people may not enjoy the fruits of this new world as increasing inequality, land evictions and complex financial systems lead to their expulsion from the economy. The Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng looks back at the history of international finance and how gold and war have shaped the economic order of today.

Producer: Katy Hickman.

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Serious Inquiries Only - AS27: Coming Out Atheist, with Greta Christina

This week’s Tommentary is about what it even means to say we dislike or hate someone’s beliefs but not them as a person.  Is that possible?  Is it honest? Then, joining us this week to talk about her new book is Greta Christina!  You can find her blog here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/ And her book here: http://freethoughtblogs.com/greta/2014/03/07/coming-out-atheist-ordering-info/ … Continue reading AS27: Coming Out Atheist, with Greta Christina →

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Killed for being female?

Are 100 million women missing from the world? A listener asks More or Less to explore this powerful statement - "More girls were killed in the last 50 years, precisely because they were girls, than men killed in all the wars in the 20th century." The quote is from a book called 'Half the Sky' by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. It has been used in articles, by UN agencies and on TV to highlight the fatal consequences of discrimination of women based on their sex. But is it true? More or Less looks at the evidence. How can we know if a woman is killed precisely because she is a woman? And how do we know how many men have been killed in war?

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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Is taxation legal?

Every year tax activists of one sort or another try to avoid paying federal or state levies -- but why? Tune in to learn more about taxation conspiracy theories.

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