What is the future of the U.S. economy?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with two economists about the economic situation in the United States. President Obama has outlined his job plan. He is also proposing to raise taxes on millionaires as part of his deficit reduction proposal. What needs to be done to create more jobs? Join us live at 10 or send us an email to feedback@yourcallradio.org. What concerns you the most about the U.S. economy and its future? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Jeff Madrick, an economist and a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books

Sylvia Allegretto, a labor economist and deputy chair of the Center on Wage and Employment Dynamics at the University of California, Berkeley

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What does it take strike a balance between family and work?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with professor Joan Williams, author of Reshaping the Work-Family Debate: Why Men and Class Matter. She says the U.S. has the most family-hostile public policy in the developed world and in order to change policies, class and gender must become part of the national debate. What policies would you want to change? Join us live at 10 or send us email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How do you balance work and family? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law and Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at UC Hastings College of the Law

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Is the electric car finally here to stay?

What does the comeback of electric vehicles say about the future of car industry? On the next Your Call we'll talk about the where the car industry is headed. The electric car is back on the market now with the new Nissan "Leaf" and the Tesla "Roadster." Does this signal a true comeback? Have electric vehicles ousted hybrids as the new "green" cars? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How will transportation change with the next generation of cars? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Chris Paine, director of Who Killed the Electric Car? and forthcoming Revenge of the Electric Car

Kelly O'Brian, host of the radio program, "In the Fast Lane," on KUSP Santa Cruz

Michael Moyer, technology and environment reporter for Scientific American

Dale Miller, president of the San Francisco Electric Vehicle Association

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What does AB32 actually do?

On the next Your Call, we'll continue our Agenda for a New Economy series with a conversation about California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, a.k.a. AB32. The opponents of AB32 are introducing a November initiative to suspend it; but what's really in AB32? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does AB32 help California's future? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Steven Maviglio, spokesman for California Clean Energy and Jobs, an alliance of companies and environmental groups defending AB32. He is also the publisher of California Majority Report.

Susanne Rust, an investigative reporter for California Watch focused on the environment

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Your Call 082409 When the recovery comes, where will the jobs be?

When the recovery comes, where will the jobs be? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the jobs of the future. 15 million people are without jobs right now, so which parts of the economy are creating new jobs? Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What kind of investments and incentives can government make that would create long-term employment opportunities? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Dr. Paul Fassinger, director of Economic and Demographic Research and economist with Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)

Cathy Calfo, executive director of Apollo Alliance

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Your Call 101608 Van Jones

Can we overhaul our economy to save both the people and the planet? On the next Your Call we speak with the visionary activist Van Jones, author of The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. In his book, Jones lays out his plan to rescue the world from environmental catastrophe and transform the American economy at the same time. What will create the political circumstances to ensure our liberation from lousy energy and lousy jobs? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guest: Van Jones in San Francisco
Civil rights and environmental advocate in Oakland, California, working to combine solutions to social inequality and environmental justice. Jones is the president and founder of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and author of the new book The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems. Jones lives in Oakland with his partner Jana and his two little boys Cabral and Mattai.

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