Economists Keynes, Hayek, and Friedman
University of California Santa Barbara economics professor Lanny Ebenstein taught a class comparing the work of John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman. He drew on examples…
1,383 viewsUniversity of California Santa Barbara economics professor Lanny Ebenstein taught a class comparing the work of John Maynard Keynes, Friedrich Hayek, and Milton Friedman. He drew on examples…
1,383 viewsProfessor Mario Garcia delivered opening remarks at a conference on the history of the Chicano Movement. He spoke about Chicano activists in Los Angeles in the late 1960s and early 1070s. …
323 viewsAuthors talked about their books chronicling the history of Mexican American civil rights from the 1930s to the 1970s. Book topics included a pioneer for education rights, the fight for bett…
1,737 viewsProfessor David Montejano talked about the research that inspired his dissertation and books, chronicling Texas Chicano history from the 1930s to the 1980s. Professor Montejano discusses the…
1,348 viewsLori Flores spoke about Mexican Americans and Mexican immigrants and their fight for better conditions for farm workers in California’s Salinas Valley. She is the author of Grounds for Dream…
203 viewsErwin Chemerinsky talked about his book The Case Against the Supreme Court, in which he argues that while Supreme Court justices have a reputation for being objective, evidence shows that th…
501 viewsA panel, featuring three of the nation’s top editors, was held on “Media Ownership, Media Bias: A Crisis in the Newsroom.” They discussed the concern about media concentration and the effec…
868 viewsJonathan Kirsch discussed some of the themes of his book King David: The Real Life of the Man Who Ruled Israel, published by Ballantine Books. In his book, Mr. Kirsch draws from Biblical tex…
1,966 viewsBody Shop founder and CEO, Anita Roddick, and Ben Cohen, Co-founder of Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, talked about social responsibility and business. Among the issues discussed were corporate p…
135 viewsAuthor Deborah Tannen talked about her book, The Argument Culture: Stopping America’s War of Words, published by Ballantine Books. In the book, she posits that misunderstanding is endemic in…
396 viewsMr. Vanocur talked about the role of journalists in recording history. He talked about seeing historical events through the eyes of a journalist and his experience as a journalist. He emphas…
161 viewsResearchers briefed reporters on the study of television violence funded by the National Cable Television Association. The study concluded that the proportion of shows with violent scenes in…
166 viewsEnvironmental activist Winona LaDuke talked about the efforts being made to recover land originally held by Native Americans. She began her remarks speaking in Ojibwe, her native language. M…
107 viewsFour communications experts released the second annual report of the Televison Violence Study sponsored by the National Cable Television Association. They stressed that television programs r…
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