Thomas Ferguson-The Real Context of the GE Appointment / Robert Weil-U.S.-Chinese Relations
Hour 1 - 3
and a senior fellow of the Roosevelt Institute.
President Obama is in Schenectady today, appointing by executive order General Electric (GE) CEO Jeffrey Immelt as chair of a new "President's Council on Jobs and
Competetiveness." He is in effect replacing economic adviser Paul Volcker.
Previous Interview with Thomas by Ernest Hancock
Afternoon July 16th 2010
Hour 2
A former Senior Fellow at the Oakland Institute, is a labor organizer and university lecturer in the Santa Cruz, California, area. Robert's work at the Oakland Institute focuses on the rapid social and economic changes in China and its relations to the rest of the world, as well as on other global issues and social movements.
Author of : "Red Cat, White Cat: China and the Contradictions of 'Market Socialism"
What Difference Does a Revolution Make? A Preliminary Contrast of India and China