Published on Jan 11, 2016 We all know that there are things in the world that we need to change. We live in a paradoxical society with conflicting priorities, messages and opinions. It is quite overwhelming when we are trying to bring about change in a society where there is a lack of trust in… Read More
Published on Apr 27, 2016 Yanis Varoufakis considers himself a politician by necessity, not by choice. An economist and academic by training, he became Greece’s finance minister amidst the country’s financial crisis, creating an image for himself both beloved and reviled. He discusses his complicated role in his new book, And the Weak Suffer What… Read More
Published on Apr 15, 2014 Mike Lofgren, a congressional staff member for 28 years, joins Bill Moyers to talk about what he calls Washington’s “Deep State,” in which elected and unelected figures collude to protect and serve powerful vested interests. “It is how we had deregulation, financialization of the economy, the Wall Street bust, the… Read More
Published on Jan 7, 2013 If an asteroid were headed for Earth, we’d all band together and figure out how to stop it, just like in the movies, right? And yet, when faced with major, data-supported, end-of-the-world problems in real life, too often we retreat into partisan shouting and stalemate. Jonathan Haidt shows us a… Read More
Reproduced from: http://www.debatesofthecentury.org/national-security/ Tuesday, April 26, 2016 The TimesCenter, 242 W 41st St, New York, NY 10036 For the motion: Fareed Zakaria, Host of CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS, Author, Journalist Against the motion: Edward Snowden Moderated by: Barton Gellman, Author, Journalist, and The Century Foundation Senior Fellow Some people believe the recent dispute between the FBI and… Read More
Published on Dec 5, 2013
