As our savings plummet and our debts soar, many of us are starting to wonder not only when we’ll get back on track, but whether the track we’ve been on all these years is the right one to follow. Author, economist and former labor secretary Robert Reich asserts that rather than resuscitate an unjust and unsustainable economy, we should reinvent it to meet a wider range of needs and possibilities.

Guests:
Robert Reich

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Credits:
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Gregg McVicar
Associate Producers: Matt Fidler, Naihma Deady
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Field Engineer: Milt Wallace
Music in this program: Open - "The Far, Lonely Cry of Trains" by Robbie Robertson - Hip-O Select; "A United Earth I" by Alan Stivell and Youssou N'Dour - Putumayo World Music; "El Barzon" by Eddy Lawrence; "Edge of America" by Annie Humphrey - Makoche Records; "Working on a Dream" by Bruce Springsteen - Columbia Records. Funding: listeners like you.

Duration: 55:00 minutes

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