The Heart of the Nation
This program explores the central values of Japan, Germany, and the U.S. and focuses on what drives each of these societies. America’s hallmark is individualism, Japan’s the preeminence of the group; in America, freedom and diversity are primary...
Free-Market Capitalism Is So 20th-Century: A Debate
The recession of 2008 has cast serious doubt on whether free-market capitalism, an idea set that functioned reasonably well in the 20th century, is a healthy economic ideology to carry over into the 21st. Has free-market capitalism become an outdate...
Income distribution and the tax system
This program looks at why a decentralized market economy produces a wide range of income levels. The program also examines ways in which incomes can be redistributed, and studies the effects of welfare and income tax programs.
Globalization is good:
Controversial writer Johan Norberg argues forcefully for one side of the globalization debate. In this program he examines three developing countries and how they fit into that debate, building a case for deregulation, the abolishment of subsidies a...
The Next American Revolution : Beyond Corporate Capitalism and State Socialism
While there's been no shortage of commentary about the structural crisis plaguing the American economic and political system, from wage stagnation and chronic unemployment to unchecked corporate and state power and growing inequality, analyses that ...