AMA 172 - A Radical Manifesto with Bill Ayers
American Monetary Association
English - May 12, 2017 12:00 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 41 ratingsInvesting Business Education federalreserveact interestrates easymonetarypolicy federalreserve federalreservebank federalreservemeeting federalreservesystem fiscalpolicy fiscalvsmonetarypolicy mon Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Just before the election, Jason Hartman talked with Bill Ayers, a retired Professor of Education, contributor to academic journals, and an original member of the Weather Underground. Bill has written several books, including his newest, Demand the Impossible! A Radical Manifesto. Jason and Bill discuss eight major points from his book, and look into what the US can do to right itself.
Key Takeaways:
[1:28] Demand the Impossible calls for Americans to release their imaginations and consider the impossible.
[3:51] The eight issues addressed in Bill Ayers’ Demand the Impossible! A Radical Manifesto.
[5:06] Privatized prisons are destroying America. The US has 20% of the prisoners in the entire world.
[6:50] What does public safety look like for free people in a democratic society?
[9:09] You can't label Bill has a tax and spend liberal
[12:28] The US needs a massive education reform
[21:14] Democratic and the Republican parties agree on war and Wall Street, but little else.
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