MULTIMEDIA

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

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ECONOMICS AS IF PEOPLE MATTERED (mp3 audio) (47 mins) (43 MB)
Julie Nelson, Bill Spriggs, Tim Kasser. 
This panel explored the following questions: How can economies be organized to enhance human well-being, fairness and sustainability?  How do we get there from here?  Have we gotten off track?

NEW PROGRESSIVE ECONOMIC STRATEGIES (mp3 audio) (55 mins) (50 MB)
Gar Alperovitz
This panel explored how activists can move beyond the Left/Right dichotomy and develop new ways of building a fair and sustainable economy.

ECONOMICS AND THE GENDER GAP (mp3 audio) (41 mins) (37 MB)
Janet Gornick, Ann Crittenden, Kim Gandy. 
This panel explored why women, especially mothers, still earn way less than men do, and what we can do to change that.

THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1980 (mp3 audio) (30 mins) (27 MB)
Dean Baker 
This talk explored the question: Where has a quarter century of conservative dominance brought us in comparison to other nations?

ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE (mp3 audio) (50 mins) (45 MB)
John Stauber, David Moberg, David Bollier, BJ Bullert. 
This panel explored the world of PR spin and the health of the alternative press.

THE POLITICS OF SACRIFICE IN AN ECOLOGICALLY FULL WORLD (QuickTime video) (32 mins) (72 MB)
Michael Maniates 
This talk explored the question: What will it take to turn the tide on global warming and the environmental crisis?