THIS SHOW IS A RERUN FROM 10-03-12:

 

 

 

 

October 3rd, 2012

Declare Your Independence with Ernest Hancock

on LRN.FM / Monday - Friday

9 a.m. - Noon (EST)

Studio Line: 602-264-2800 

 

 

Hour 1

Costas Panayotakis

Webpage: CityTech.Cuny.Edu

Associate Professor of Sociology at the New York City College of Technology of the City University of New York.  He is also the author of Remaking Scarcity: From Capitalist Inefficiency to Economic Democracy.

The dominant schools of neoclassical and neoliberal economics tell us that material scarcity is an inevitable product of an insatiable human nature. Against this, Costas Panayotakis argues that scarcity is in fact a result of the social and economic processes of the capitalist system.

Panayotakis says: "Today's general strike in Greece forms part of the large wave of anti-austerity resistance currently sweeping the countries of Southern Europe. Days after the Portuguese government had to take back part of its austerity program in response to massive popular demonstrations against its policies and one day after the Spanish government used violence and rubber bullets to repress anti-austerity demonstrators in Madrid, today's strike paralyzed much of the Greek economy and brought to the streets hundreds of thousands of workers and ordinary citizens in large demonstrations throughout the country. These demonstrations are only the beginning of resistance against a new wave of austerity measures which the new conservative-led coalition is planning and which goes against the pre-election promises that the coalition partners made just a few months ago. As austerity has led to a deep economic depression and skyrocketing unemployment and misery in Greece, recent polls show that the vast majority of Greeks consider the measures currently planned as socially unjust and especially burdensome to the poor. As the measures are presented to the Greek parliament in coming weeks, popular resistance is therefore likely to escalate, thus also challenging the stability of the shaky conservative-led coalition currently in power. See Panayotakis' pieces: "Greek Elections Set Stage for New Round of Social Struggles," The Indypendent, June 19, 2012, http://indypendent.org/2012/06/19/greek-elections-set-stage-new-round-socia l-struggles. "What's Fit to Read About Greece," NYTimes Examiner, August 23, 2012, http://www.nytexaminer.com/2012/08/whats-fit-to-read-about-greece "On Europe's Failure," NYTimes Examiner, August 29, 2012, http://www.nytexaminer.com/2012/08/on-europes-failure


2012-09-03 Hour 1 Costas Panayotakis

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Webpage: BitPay.Com

Anthony Gallippi, co-founder and CEO, saw a need for bitcoin payment processing and founded BitPay in 2011. As a start-up, Mr. Gallippi is involved in all of the day-to-day operations including new business development, marketing, and customer service. Mr. Gallippi has 15 years of experience in sales and marketing working in the Robotics industry.

Bitcoin is a new financial technology, invented in 2009 as the first peer-to-peer digital currency. Using bitcoin, it is possible to send money like an email - to anyone, anytime, anywhere- without going through a bank or government or corporation.

 
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Webpage: UrbanFarm.Org
Webpage: YourGuideToGoGreen.Com
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The Urban Farm, My Big Idea

2012-10-03 Hour 3 Greg Peterson (UrbanFarm.Org)

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