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PROMO FOR   3/29/2009         "Future Perfect: Our Money"
It's not hard to see why economics is called "the dismal science," but
economics does have its visionaries - like Nobel Prize winner Paul
Krugman ... and fellow Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. He's started a new
kind of bank that lends money to the very poor. Please join me for Our
Money, part of a special series on Visionaries, from PRI, Public Radio
International


PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "Future Perfect: Our Money"


0:00 - 18:46        SEGMENT 1: (18:47)
            Muhammad Yunus founded the Grameen Bank which pioneered
            the practice of micro-lending as a way for poor people to
            start their own businesses.  Yunus won the Nobel Peace
            Prize in 2006.  He talks with Steve Paulson about his
            plans to help the poorest of the poor by engaging in what
            he calls "social business."  And we hear a rant/sermon
            from Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir.
                         
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

18:47 - 19:16  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

19:17 - 35:28       SEGMENT 2: (16:13)
            Superstar economist Jeffrey Sachs runs the Earth
            Institute at Columbia University.  He's also a special
            advisor to the U.N. and author of "Common Wealth:
            Economics for a Crowded Planet."  He tells Jim Fleming
            why we need a new economic model rooted in an
            environmentally sustainable future.  Also, Naomi Klein is
            one of the world's most prominent critics of
            globalization.  She tells Anne Strainchamps how countries
            impose "disaster capitalism" on countries to get
            otherwise unpopular policies accepted. Her book is called
            "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism."  
                         
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

35:29 - 35:58       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

35:59 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (17:01)
            Greg Mortensen is the author of "Three Cups of Tea."  The
            book explains how a failed attempt to climb K2 led to a
            program to build schools in the heart of Taliban country
            in Pakistan and Afghanistan with local people and donated
            money. He tells Jim Fleming how he built his first school
            and why he's made this his life's work.  Also, Paul
            Krugman is one of America's most visible economists. He
            teaches at Princeton, has a column in the New York Times
            and won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.  Krugman tells
            Steve Paulson why he admires John Maynard Keynes and that
            economics should makes people's lives better. 
            
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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