Philosopher David Schweickart is the author of  After Capitalism, a book which puts forward a practical vision of a kind of economic democracy, a form of market socialism, that seems  ideally suited for the current economic crisis.  Clayton Morgareidge reads edited exerpts from his essay "Bailout! A Case for Economic Democracy And Clearing the Path to Socialism."

Teacher and writer Dan La Botz writes on economic topics in the Monthly Review.   He talks with Bill Resnick about the close  relationship between banking and government, about when and where banks have been nationalized before, and the prospects for state ownership of banks in the future.  Two of his articles on the current economic crisis are here and here.  

Larry Bowlden reviews three novels: Alice Sebold's Almost Moon; Debra Dean's The Madonnas of Leningrad; and Elizabeth Berg's Open House.  (He does not like all of them.)

Two students from Macalester College in Minnesota, Sophie Smith and Hadley Pope, who locked themselves down in front of a weapons manufacturer talk with the Old Mole's Jan Haaken about their experiences and the significance of their actions.  You can find extensive  coverage of the event here.  

Hosted by Clayton Morgareidge, this program features discussions of bank nationalization and student anti-war actions.  We also hear a  review of three recent novels by women writers.  To hear the whole show, including music by tenor sax player Don Byas, click on the arrow above.  To hear separate pieces, follow the links below:

1.  Clayton Morgareidge reads edited experpts from David Schweickart's essay "Bailout! A Case for Economic Democracy And Clearing the Path to Socialism".

2.  Dan La Botz talks with Bill Resnick about bank nationalizations, past, present, and future.