Economics

Archives of the show until 2018. For recent archives, go to: The Marc Steiner Show at the Real News Network

June 12, 2015

Sound Bites: Update On 21-Mile Gas Pipeline | Complex Plight Of Chicken Growers Organizing To Change The System | Recipe: Vegan, Gluten-Free Alfredo

June 11, 2015 - Segment 3 - On our newest edition of Sound Bites, our series about our food and our world, we take a trip to Washington, DC, for a conversation on a number of issues around the poultry industry, focusing on the complex plight of contract chicken growers. We also hear a recipe for vegan, gluten-free alfredo.
June 9, 2015

Kavitha Davidson On FIFA, The World Cup, The Olympics & Their Politics

June 2, 2015 - Segment 3 - Kavitha Davidson, Bloomberg View Sports Columnist joins us for a commentary on the controversy over FIFA, the world soccer governing body, and the Olympics.
May 27, 2015

UMBC Students Present Baltimore Traces: Station North in Transition

May 22, 2015 - Segment 5 - You hear from some of Baltimore's talented new young journalistic voices, students at UMBC. We hear about Station North, a neighborhood that has been undergoing a great deal of transition,
May 27, 2015

UMBC Students Present Baltimore Traces: Greektown in Transition

May 22, 2015 - Segment 4 - You hear from some of Baltimore's talented new young journalistic voices, students at UMBC, who worked with Marc on a project called Baltimore Traces: Communities in Transition, which brought students into Baltimore City to study neighborhoods, where they conducted interviews with local residents and workers.
May 21, 2015

Breaking It Down: What Is The Trans-Pacific Partnership?

May 19, 2015 - Segment 4 - We host an important discussion about an international agreement currently being hotly debated between Congress and the President - one that will affect all of us, but about which most of us know very little - the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership).
May 21, 2015

Activists & Baltimore City Public Works Talk Water Shutoffs To Baltimore Residents

May 19, 2015 - Segment 3 - We examine the issue of water shutoffs here in Baltimore, with the Baltimore Department of Public Works, Baltimore activists and activists in Detroit who have dealt with water shutoffs in their city.
April 24, 2015

Report Back From The International Black Reparations Summit

April 22, 2015 - Segment 2 - Our guests report back on an important event that took place in New York, April 9-12: Institute of the Black World 21st Century International Black Reparations Summit. The three-day meeting honored pioneers in the fight for reparations for Black Americans.
April 17, 2015

Encore Presentation: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ & The Case For Reparations

April 17, 2015 - Segment 1 - As you know, Ta-Nehisi Coates stepped into the international spotlight last year when his article "The Case for Reparations," was featured as the cover story for the June 2014 issue of The Atlantic. In the article he puts forth the argument that Black Americans as a group have been prevented from building inter-generational wealth.
March 30, 2015

Do Baltimore Teens Face Worse Conditions Than Their Nigerian Counterparts?

March 27, 2015 - Segment 2>/b> - Do poor teens in Baltimore face worse conditions than their counterparts in Nigeria, as a recent study suggests? We look at the study, published in December's Journal of Adolescent Health, with: Dr. Kristin Mmari, Dr. Lawrence Brown, and Dr. Roni Ellington.
March 23, 2015

MECU Money Power Day

March 20, 2015 - Segment 3 - We hear a special preview of the 10th anniversary of Money Power Day. Money Power Day is Baltimore's free financial fitness day and families who attend will be equipped with the resources, tools, and support needed to change their financial futures.
March 18, 2015

Sound Bites: Fair Treatment For Farmworkers & The Human Cost Of Our Food Supply System

March 17, 2015 - Segment 3 - In our latest edition of Sound Bites, we listen to a panel Marc moderated about labor issues in the farming industry and movements for food and labor justice.
March 2, 2015

From The Archives: Talking Autonomous Marxism And More With Silvia Federici & George Caffentzis

February 27, 2015 - Segment 3 - We bring you a special archive edition of The Marc Steiner Show, my conversation with Autonomous Marxists Silvia Federici and George Caffentzis, who stopped by the studio when then were in town last year.
February 26, 2015

Bring Your Voice To Annapolis: Lobby Days To Reform Police, Discuss Housing And Jobs

February 25, 2015 - Segment 4 - We take a look at a number of opportunities to engage in civic involvement here in Maryland, with Dayvon Love, Director of Research and Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle and Caryn Aslan, Policy Associate at the Job Opportunities Task Force.
February 26, 2015

Neighborhood Revitalization & Gentrification In Baltimore: Creating The City We Want

February 25, 2015 - Segment 3 - We talk about Neighborhood Revitalization and Gentrification in Baltimore, and how we can create the city we want with Jeff Singer, Ben Stone, Mia Loving, Lena Leone and John Duda.
February 19, 2015

Solidarity Economics: Alternative Ways Of Engaging In The Economy

February 19, 2015 - Segment 4 - Open your Economics text as we talk about Solidarity Economics, a pursuit of alternative ways of engaging in the economy that are based on solidarity and work. With: Parag Khandhar and Dorcas Gilmore.
February 18, 2015

Sound Bites: Fair Treatment For Farmworkers & The Human Cost Of Our Food Supply System

February 17, 2015 - Segment 4 - On our series about our food and our world - Sound Bites - we bring you a tape of a panel discussion from last Thursday at Red Emma's Bookstore and Café, which followed a screening of Food Chains, a documentary about the work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to achieve fair treatment for farmworkers.
February 10, 2015

The Debate Between Charter Schools & Traditional Public Schools

February 9, 2015 - Segment 2 - Where do you fall in the debate between charter schools and traditional public schools? We talk to people with different opinions on charter schools about school closings, school funding, and the future of education.
January 27, 2015

Do Baltimore Teens Face Worse Conditions Than Their Nigerian Counterparts?

January 27, 2015 - Segment 2 - Do poor teens in Baltimore face worse conditions than their counterparts in Nigeria, as a recent study suggests? We look at the study, published in December's Journal of Adolescent Health, with: Dr. Kristin Mmari, Dr. Lawrence Brown, and Dr. Roni Ellington.
January 23, 2015

Watching and Waiting: Will Governor Larry Hogan’s Budget Make Good On Promise Of Bi-Partisan Leadership?

January 22, 2015 - Segment 3 - As Larry Hogan is sworn in as the 62nd Governor of Maryland, we take a look at his upcoming budget proposals, and what Republican leadership in Annapolis will mean for the future of Maryland's residents.
January 20, 2015

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., The Poor Peoples Campaign & Reparations

January 19, 2015 - Segment 3 - Marc and his panel turn their attention to Dr. King's economic policies and the activities of the Poor People's Campaign, and the modern day importance of that work.