In part 2 of our series on the public transit funding crisis in Pittsburgh, we answer these questions: How might these cuts affect people with disabilities? And are other cities going through similar cuts, too? How are they handling it? During the program, we speak with Lucy Spruill at United Cerebral Palsy, Holly Dick at [...]
With 35% service cuts looming for Port Authority transit, we answer three big questions: What is wrong with public transit in Pittsburgh? Where did public transit even come from in the first place? And what could it look like in the future? During the program, we speak with “transit guru” Michael Sypolt, Post-Gazette transportation writer [...]
On this new episode of HFTF, veteran journalist Michael Hudson discusses his book, The Monster: How a Gang of Predatory Lenders and Wall Street Bankers Fleeced America – And Spawned a Global Crisis. Hudson’s book is a highly readable account of the origins and conduct of the subprime mortgage industry, where he shows how firms [...]
This week, guest Richard D. Wolff returns for a third interview on HFTF. A professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and most recently the author of Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What To Do About It (2009), Rick has been on the show before talking about the origins [...]
This brand new episode of HFTF features an interview with Chicago-based activist and writer Shaun Harkin on the political dimensions of the European economic crisis, with special reference to Ireland. Harkin discusses the origins of the “neoliberal” economic boom in Ireland, as well as the responses to the crisis since 2008 — both the left-liberal [...]
This new episode of HFTF features an interview with Jefferson Cowie, associate professor of labor history at Cornell University, and author of Capital Moves: RCA’s Seventy-Year Quest for Cheap Labor, and just this September, of Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class. Cowie’s latest book is a fascinating look into [...]
This week on HFTF, I interview Richard D. Wolff, professor of economics emeritus at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and author of many books and articles on capitalism and economics. Recently, he is the author of Capitalism Hits the Fan: The Global Economic Meltdown and What To Do About It (2009). We talk about the origins [...]
This week HFTF interviews Doug Henwood, editor of the Left Business Observer, host of the radio show, “Behind the News,” and author of Wall Street and After the New Economy. The LBO is a wonderful source for sane analysis of truly troubling, and often baffling, economic and political developments. In the episode we discuss the [...]
Check out the latest episode of HFTF, featuring an interview with Bob McChesney on the serious crisis facing journalism in the United States and what to do about it. McChesney is professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has written widely on issues related to the media, journalism, and society. Most [...]
Enjoy this new episode of History for the Future, featuring an interview with Professor Scott Nelson, from the College of William and Mary. Scott’s most recent book is Steel Drivin’ Man: John Henry, the Untold Story of an American Legend (2006). He is now at work on a book on financial panics in American history. [...]