Category Archives: inherited Wealth

21st Century Challenges – Podcast June 16, 2024

Posted on June 20, 2024 by Gary LaMaster

Can We Rise To The Occasion? The world is currently facing a number of what seem to be insurmountable problems – the threat of autocracy, business monopolies, growing wealth disparity, gun violence, climate crisis, mass migration, mass extinctions and artificial … Continue reading →

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Epstein, McClelland Interview – July 12, 2021

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Gary LaMaster

Arizona’s Race To The Bottom. Our co-hosts welcome Karen McClelland and AZ State Representative Mitzi Epstein to the show to discuss the state budget recently passed by a slim Republican majority. Epstein is a Democratic member of the House of … Continue reading →

Posted in Arizona Budget, Arizona Economy, Arizona Politics, Budget Negotiations, Economic Policy, Education, Education Funding, Education Policy, Government, inherited Wealth, Interviews, Political Parties, Political Theory, Public Education, Tax and Investment Policy, Tax Law, Tax Revenues, Taxation | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Epstein, McClelland Interview – July 12, 2021

Wealth Inequality – Podcast May 25, 2020

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Gary LaMaster

Growing Wealth Inequality In The Age Of Pandemic. Revisiting Capital In The Twenty-First Century by Thomas Picketty, the Democratic Perspective crew discusses the causes of increasing inequality of income, wealth and opportunity in the US. They note that, after wealth … Continue reading →

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Nancy MacLean Interview — Podcast October 23, 2017

Posted on October 25, 2017 by William Timberman

The Leninist Libertarian: James McGill Buchanan and the Subversion of Representative Democracy.  Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University, talks with Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson about the origin and methodology of her new … Continue reading →

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Barbara Litrell Interview — Podcast June 26, 2017

Posted on June 26, 2017 by William Timberman

If the League of Women Voters Is Not a Partisan Organization, Why Does It Oppose So Many of President Trump’s Policy Initiatives? Barbara Litrell, President of the League of Women Voters of Greater Verde Valley, tells Democratic Perspective why the League’s consistently held positions … Continue reading →

Posted in Affordable Care Act, Civil Society, Climate Change, Community Activism, Democratic Governance, Disinformation, Domestic Policy, Entitlements, Environmental Issues, Food Insecurity, Health Care Delivery, Health Care Policy, Health Insurance, Income Inequality, inherited Wealth, Interviews, Medicaid, Medicare, Misogyny, National Politics, Podcasts, Political Lies, Political Polarization, Propaganda, Public Health Policy, Public Policy, Sustainable Development, Tax Law, Taxation, Unemployment, Women's Issues, Women's Rights | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Barbara Litrell Interview — Podcast June 26, 2017

2016: Democratic Perspective’s Year In Review — Podcast January 2, 2017

Posted on January 3, 2017 by William Timberman

Things Fall Apart; The Centre Cannot Hold: Democratic Perspective’s 2016 in Review. The Democratic Perspective crew contemplates a year that has changed everything, albeit not in the way that we’d hoped for when we went to the polls on November 8th. Those of us who still hold to the … Continue reading →

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The First Draft of History: Post-Election Analysis, 2016 — Podcast November 14, 2016

Posted on November 14, 2016 by William Timberman

What Happened Last Tuesday Is Clear Enough. Why It Happened Is Not: Democratic Perspective is joined by Klaus von Stutterheim, who despite his very German name, has been a U.S. citizen since his early 20s, and has lived and worked in this country … Continue reading →

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2015: Democratic Perspective’s Year in Review — Podcast January 4, 2015

Posted on January 7, 2016 by William Timberman

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Democratic Perspective’s 2015 in Review. Democratic Perspective looks back at the state of the nation in 2015, and isn’t exactly thrilled with what the record of events reveals. The prospects for 2016 don’t look a whole lot … Continue reading →

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Capital In the Twenty-First Century — Podcast May 5, 2014

Posted on May 7, 2014 by William Timberman

Capital In the Twenty-First Century: A French Economist With a Lesson For Americans: Democratic Perspective’s Mike Cosentino, Gary LaMaster, and Steve Williamson take a look at Thomas Piketty’s new best-seller Capital in the Twenty-First Century. What they find is sobering: unless we make … Continue reading →

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