Podcast: Economics & Beyond
john powell
With protestors calling on states to loosen lockdowns in the name of 鈥渇reedom,鈥 john a. powell—INET Governing Board member and Professor and the Director of the Othering and Belonging 八卦爆料 at University of California, Berkeley—talks to Rob about the long history of America balancing liberty and equality. They also discuss the disproportionate impact of the pandemic on Detroit鈥檚 black community, and the political imbalance in the US between rural and urban areas.
John Ralston Saul
John Ralston Saul, writer and political philosopher, talks to Rob about citizenry and society in light of COVID-19. They discuss models for civic engagement that could better tackle the pandemic, as well as other social problems, such as poverty and inequality.