Guns and Butter with Bonnie Faulkner 2013.07.10

Hour 1: "Debt Jubilee, Strike Debt and Germany's Energy Transformation" with Michael Lerner, Jim Costanzo and Steve Seuser.  A new vision; the sabbatical year; debt cancellation; redistribution of means of production every 50 years; Hurricane Sandy Disaster Recovery; Debt Resisters Manual; the Rolling Jubilee; mutual aid; public bank funding of renewable energy in Germany; feed-in tariffs.

Hour 2: "The Commons, Banking In the Ivory Tower & Public-Private Partnerships" with Jim Hogue, Charlie Eaton and Darwin Bond Graham.  Ethan Allen on The Commons; Wall Street profits vs public capital at the University of California; conflicts of interest on the Board of Regents; interest rate swaps; privatization of the public finance system; Transportation Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Act; securitization; Port of Oakland; Doyle Drive, Presidio Parkway.

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