What's happening in the foreclosure crisis in California?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about high foreclosure rates in the state. Attorney General Kamala Harris pulled out of negotiations with the nation's biggest banks, calling the proposal "inadequate for California homeowners." And California House Democrats have criticized the administration's policy on home foreclosures. So what is the best way out of the foreclosures crisis? Join us live at 10 or send an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. Who's been hit the hardest? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Anna Georges Eshoo, the U.S. Representative for California's 14th congressional district

John Atlas, the author of Seeds of Change, The Story of ACORN, America's Most Controversial Antipoverty Organizing Group

Kevin Stein, the Associate Director of the California Reinvestment Coalition

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of the financial crisis and find out why no one has been held accountable. We'll also talk about coverage of private contractors and the revolutionary uprising in Libya. We'll be joined by investigative journalist Tim Shorrock, Propublica's Jake Bernstein and the Guardian's Martin Chulov will join us from Benghazi, Libya. Join us live at 10 and send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Tim Shorrock, an investigative journalist and author of Spies For Hire: The Secret World of Outsourced Intelligence.

Jake Bernstein, journalist with Propublica.

Martin Chulov, The Guardian's Iraq correspondent. He is currently reporting from Benghazi, Libya.

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How does speculation affect the economy?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about speculation. From food to housing to the financial system, speculation has played a role in creating a bubble economy and raising food prices. What is the difference between investment and speculation? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What is difference between the speculative economy and the "real" economy? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Eric Holt-Gimnez, the executive director of Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy

William Black, an associate professor of Economics and Law at the Univ. of Missouri in Kansas City

Mark Schapiro, Center for Investigative Reporting's senior correspondent

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What lessons do the protests in Europe have for the U.S.?

On the next Your Call we'll talk about the civil unrest across western Europe in response to austerity measures. Fees for public education in the U.K. are going up, retirement pensions in France are being cut, unemployment for Italy's young population is at a record high. So how will these demonstrations, whether violent or peaceful, affect economic policies in Europe? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does this approach compare with response to the debt crisis in the U.S.? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Laurie Penny, reporter for New Statesmen

Costas Panayotakis, assistant professor of social science at New York City College of Technology

Eric Reguly, European business correspondent for The Globe and Mail

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Why aren't banks lending?

On the next Your Call, we continue with our Agenda for a New Economy series by looking at why financial institutions are clamping down on lending. In 2009 lending contracted 7.4%. Why are individuals and businesses still having a hard time borrowing? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How is the continuing home foreclosure crisis affecting people who'd like to get loans now? And who has the power to make the banks loosen their purse strings? That's on Monday's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar.

Guests:
Liz Ryan Murray, senior policy analyst at National People's Action and co-author of the report "Gaming the System."

Rob Larson, Assistant Prof. of Economics at Ivy Tech Community College in Bloomington, Indiana

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What are the root causes of our current economic crisis?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk to journalist Robert Scheer, author of The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street. Robert says we are too eager to blame the Bush administration, because the collapse happened on his watch. But how did free markets and deregulation from earlier administrations set the stage for the crisis? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's needed to fix the economy now? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Robert Scheer, author of The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street While Mugging Main Street

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Will Main Street Replace Wall Street?

On the next Your Call, we continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by speaking with David Korten about the second edition of his book, Agenda for a New Economy. Nearly two years after the economic meltdown, joblessness and foreclosures are still endemic, Wall Street executives are once again getting massive bonuses, and each day brings scandalous new revelations of Wall Street corruption. What will it take to make the fundamental policy changes desperately needed to achieve real recovery? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. David Korten is a trained economist, chair of the board of Yes! Magazine, and a board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living economies. He is out with an expanded 2nd edition of Agenda for a New Economy: From Phantom Wealth to Real Wealth.

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Who is on the debt panel?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by focusing on President Obama's bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. Who's on the Commission and how did they get there? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What will be on the chopping block when it releases its findings in December? What's the role of the Peter Peterson Foundation and its town halls and how are they shaping the national debate? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
David Lightman, McClatchy's correspondent in Washington DC
Jeff Faux, founder and distinguished fellow, Economic Policy Institute

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What's the status of the Financial Reform Bill?

What's the status of the Financial Reform Bill? On the next Your Call, we'll continue with our Agenda for a New Economy series. The Senate and the House are meeting to iron out a final financial reform bill. With heavy lobbying by the big banks, what's being debated, what will stay in the bill, and what will be thrown out? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where is financial reform? And what's needed to fundamentally change the financial system? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Jane D'Arista, a research associate at PERI and the co-coordinator of the Economists' Committee for Stable, Accountable, Fair, and Efficient Financial Reform (SAFER)

Heather Booth is the Director of Americans for Financial Reform.

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Who should pay for the financial crisis?

What should happen to those who created the financial crisis? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Danny Schechter, director of the documentary film, Plunder: The Crime of our Time. He argues that Wall Street has essentially committed widespread fraud and white-collar crime of the highest magnitude, so who should be held accountable?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What has changed on Wall Street? And what should fundamentally change so we don't find ourselves in the same situation again? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Danny Schechter, an independent filmmaker, and an investigative journalist

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What Can We Learn from Europe?

On the next Your Call, we explore economic comparisons and contrasts between Europe and the United States. Both the American and European economies were sent reeling during the 2008 crisis. While our government is now busy cutting funding for a wide array of social programs, Europeans are still investing into health care, child care, education, affordable housing, and more. Why such different responses?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. What lessons do you think Europe has to offer us?

Guests:
Steven Hill is a political writer and program director at the New America Foundation. His new book is Europe's Promise: Why the European Way Is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age.

Eric Reguly is The Globe and Mail's European business correspondent, based in Rome.

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What Will Long-Term Unemployment Look Like?

How will long-term unemployment shape our society in the coming decades? On the next Your Call, we continue our Agenda for a New Economy series by discussing long-term unemployment. Economists say the era of high joblessness is just beginning and might get worse. What can we learn about the impact of long-term joblessness from previous recessions, or from communities where high unemployment is chronic?

Join us live at 11 a.m. or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. If you've experienced long-term unemployment, how has it changed the course of your life? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Don Peck, managing editor of the Atlantic Monthly magazine

Ethel Long Scott, executive director of the Women's Economic Agenda Project

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What Have We Learned from the Great Depression?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Liaquat Ahamed, author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World. He chronicles the tragic tale of the world's four most powerful bankers who caused the 1930s depression. What does that crisis tell us about the reforms we need now? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Do we have a better grasp of the economy today or are we headed for another global depression? It's your Call with, Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
Liaquat Ahamed, a board member of the Rohatyn Group, and a member of the Board of Trustees at the Brookings Institution.

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What Should Banks Do for Us?

We the taxpayers bailed them out--so what should banks do for us? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about President Obama's proposed limits on the size and scope of banks. Would new regulation help consumers and homeowners? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Is the President right to curb the power of the banks? It's Your Call with Hanna Baba and you.

Guests:
William Black, a former senior bank regulator, now associate professor of economics and law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC). He writes for New Deal 2.0.

Nomi Prins, a former managing director at Goldman Sachs. She is a senior fellow at Demos.

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Should we Save or Spend?

In a recession, what's the right way to manage your financial resources? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Chris Farrell, author of The New Frugality. What's the difference between being cheap and being frugal? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Are Americans ready to adjust their spending and save for the long-term? And how can government and communities support more sane personal finance? It's Your Call, with guest host Hanna Baba, and you.

Guest:
Chris Farrell, economics editor for American Public Media's Marketplace Money program on public radio.

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Can Economics and Politics Promote the Things We Truly Value?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Raj Patel, the author of The Value of Nothing: How to reshape market society and redefine democracy. Patel argues that the larger failure beneath the food, climate and economic crises is a political one. How do we need to re-think our economic mode to create a better society and political system? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How can we learn from other social justice movements around the world?

It's Your Call with Matt Martin and you.

Guest:
Raj Patel, a writer, activist, and academic. He is currently a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley's Center for African Studies, a researcher at the School of Development Studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and a fellow at The Institute for Food and Development Policy, also known as Food First.

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Are Food Stamps Enough?

Will the food stamp program be able to meet the rising demand? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about food stamps. More Americans than ever -- one in eight -- depends on food stamps to meet their basic food needs. How does the program work? And who qualifies? Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yorucallradio.org. What can (and can't) you buy with food stamps? If you've hit hard times, how do you know if you qualify? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jessica Bartholow, director of Programs at California Association of Food Banks

Mark R. Rank, Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare at Washington University in St. Louis

Leo O'Farrell, food stamp program manager for the San Francisco County Department of Human Services

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Agenda for a New Economy -- Who Wins the Credit Card Game?

How has the credit card industry remained so profitable during the downturn? Join us for a short course on the industry that lives in all of our wallets, with the Frontline team that created The Card Game: An investigation of the consumer loan industry. Who's regulating the big credit card companies? What shows up on your monthly bill? And what are the basic reforms that could make a big difference?

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What's the credit card business getting away with? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Oriana Zill de Granados, co-producer of Frontline's The Card Game and award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker.

Dan Hirst, journalist with Frontline, and associate producer of The Card Game.

Gail Hillebrand, Financial Services Campaign Manager at the Consumers Union, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports magazine.

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Does our Economy Need to Crash?

Why is our capitalism so prone to crash? On the next Your Call we talk with author John Cassidy about how markets crash. Is it about greed and groupthink? Or something more fundamental to our economic system? And what does the way we answer these questions mean for financial regulation? A conversation with New Yorker economics and finance reporter John Cassidy, author of How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities.

Join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do markets fail? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest:
John Cassidy, an economics and finance reporter for the New Yorker and author of How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities.

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Media Roundtable

On the next Your Call, it's our Friday Media Roundtable. This week, we'll discuss coverage of midterm elections, the investigation into Goldman Sachs's secret bets against the housing market and the anti-government protests in Iran on the 30th anniversary of the siege of the U.S. embassy. We'll be joined by The Nation's John Nichols, McClatchy's Greg Gordon, and The Wall Street Journal's Farnaz Fassihi. Did a story stand out for you because of its reporting? You can join us live at 11 or drop us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Where did you see the best reporting this week? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Nichols, the Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine
Farnaz Fassihi, the deputy bureau chief of Middle East and Africa for The Wall Street Journal
Greg Gordon, an investigative reporter with McClatchy Newspapers

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