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DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nFive prominent economists from across the political spectrum 
 identify major economic policies they could all stand behind.   They agreed 
 on five tax proposals and one change to the criminal code.\n\nOne: 
 Eliminate the mortgage tax deduction, which lets homeowners deduct the 
 interest they pay on their mortgages. When big houses get bigger tax 
 breaks, it drives up prices for everyone. Why distort the housing market 
 and subsidize people buying expensive houses?\n\nTwo: End the tax deduction 
 companies get for providing health-care to employees. Neither employees nor 
 employers pay taxes on workplace health insurance benefits. That encourages 
 fancier insurance coverage, driving up usage and, therefore, health costs 
 overall. Eliminating the deduction will drive up costs for people with 
 workplace healthcare, but makes the health-care market fairer.\n\nThree: 
 Eliminate the corporate income tax. If companies reinvest the money into 
 their businesses, that's good. Don't tax companies in an effort to tax rich 
 people.\n\nFour: Replace all income and payroll taxes with a progressive 
 consumption tax.  Taxes discourage whatever you're taxing, but we like 
 income, so why tax it? Payroll taxes discourage creating jobs. Instead, 
 impose a consumption tax, designed to be progressive to protect 
 lower-income households.\n\nFive: Tax carbon emissions. Yes, that means 
 higher gasoline prices. It's a kind of consumption tax, and can be 
 structured to make sure it doesn't disproportionately harm lower-income 
 Americans. More, it's taxing something that's bad, which gives people an 
 incentive to stop polluting.\n\nSix: Legalize marijuana. Stop spending so 
 much trying to put pot users and dealers in jail — it costs a lot of 
 money to catch them, prosecute them, and then put them up in jail. 
 Criminalizing drugs also drives drug prices up, making gang leaders 
 rich.\nDean BakerDean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and 
 Policy Research in Washington, D.C., and widely published.  "You could 
 probably describe me as left of center. It'd be fair."\nRuss RobertsRuss 
 Roberts, George Mason University economics professor. "In the grand 
 spectrum of economic policy, I'm a pretty hard core free market guy. I'm 
 probably called a libertarian."\nKatherine BaickerKatherine Baicker, 
 professor of health economics at Harvard University's Department of Health 
 Policy and Management. We simply called her a centrist on the 
 show.\n\n\nLuigi ZingalesLuigi Zingales, professor of entrepreneurship and 
 finance and the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business. "What I 
 like to say is that I'm pro-market, but not necessarily 
 pro-business."\nRobert FrankRobert Frank, professor of management and 
 economics at Cornell University's Johnson Graduate School of Management. 
 "I'm a registered Democrat. I think of myself as a radical 
 pragmatist."\nSource: Six Policies Economists Love (And Politicians 
 Hate)\nSteve KeenSteve Keen on why economics is bunkNewsnight Economics 
 Editor Paul Mason interviews the controversial economist Steve Keen.  Keen 
 was one of the few who predicted the 2008 crash.\nSource: Steve Keen: Why 
 Economics Is Bunk\nWilliam J. AstoreWilliam J. Astore, a U.S. Air Force 
 Lieutenant Colonel and history professor, discusses who he believes will be 
 the true victor in the 2012 election: the U.S. military and the national 
 security state.\nSource: Defense 2012!\nLaura Turner SeydelBan Toxic 
 Chemicals\n\nWhen environmental advocate Laura Turner Seydel found out that 
 her family’s blood was full of toxic chemicals, she decided to take 
 action. Turner Seydel tells Steve Curwood about her participation in the 
 first intergenerational toxic body burden test and the changes she made to 
 lessen her family’s exposure to chemicals.\nSource: Call to Ban Toxic 
 Chemicals\nGavin McIntyreMushroom Packaging\n\nAmericans throw out 19 
 billion pounds of Styrofoam packing peanuts each year, which sit in 
 landfills for half a millennium. One company is producing alternative 
 packing material out of sustainable ingredients. Host Bruce Gellerman talks 
 to Gavin McIntyre, chief scientist at Ecovative Design, about how to turn 
 mushrooms and agricultural waste into earth-friendly packaging 
 material.\nSource: Mushroom Packaging\nLaura VandenbergToxic Household 
 Products\n\nMany common household products contain chemicals that could be 
 hazardous to human health. A new report finds that for some chemicals, a 
 very small dose can have a very large health effect. Host Bruce Gellerman 
 talks to Laura Vandenberg, a researcher at Tufts University Center about 
 how exposure to small amounts of chemicals can act like hormones and have 
 adverse health effects on humans.\nSource: The Dose Doesn’t Always Make 
 the Poison\nDownload or Play Part 1Download or Play Part 2Download or Play 
 Economics & US MilitaryDownload or Play US Military & Environment\n\nMusic 
 includes Pink Floyd - Money, Roy Zimmerman - Socialist!, Dave Lippman - 
 Geithner, Roy Zimmerman - Vote Republican 2.0, The John Kasper Band - 
 Conspiracy of Silence, The Cowardly Lion On Courage\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/10/18/18724045.php
SUMMARY:Politically Incorrect Economics
LOCATION:Stream or download at http://greatspeechesandinterviews.blogspot.com/ 
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