What is responsible wealth?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with the one percent who are publicly supporting the 99%. Several groups comprised of the 1% are calling for more equality and higher taxes. Who are the 1%? Millionaire households now have at least $45.9 trillion in wealth. What are their obligations to the rest of us? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. If you're in the 1% -- how do you see your role in society? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Burke Stansbury is a communications specialist for nonprofit groups, and has been loosely involved with the protests in Washington, D.C. (known as Occupy K St), donating homemade food, tarps and money.

Christian Weller is a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and an associate professor in the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Massachusetts.

Garrett Gruener is the founder of Ask.com and the co-founder and director of the venture capital firm Alta Partners and he is the member of Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength which wants President Obama to raise the taxes paid by the rich -- including themselves.

John Harrington is President of Harrington Investments, which since 1982 has been a leader in socially responsible investing and shareholder advocacy.

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What happens when sharing becomes big business?

On the next Your Call, we'll talk about car-sharing, work-sharing, cloud computing and the creative commons -- all the ways sharing has emerged as a way to organize economic production. Are you part of the growing economy of sharing? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. It's Your Call, with me, Matt Martin and you.

Guests:
Neal Gorenflo, the co-founder and publisher of Shareable Magazine, a nonprofit online magazine about sharing.

Lisa Gansky, author of The Mesh: Why the Future of Business Is Sharing and the founder of Mesh Studios.

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Should public water be privatized?

What does the privatization of public water systems mean for citizens and who is fighting back? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about the growing trend to privatize the country's water. Private companies are increasingly moving in to take over the operation of municipal waters systems by operating and profiting from reservoirs and other water-storage projects. Who is pushing for privatization? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How are communities fighting back? It's Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar, and you.

Guests:
Emily Wurth, Program Director at Food & Water Watch's "Water: Private Vs. Public"

Jim Graham, one of the founders of the Felton Friends of Locally Owned Water (FLOW)

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How does our food system reflect our society and our history?

On the next Your Call we'll talk to the authors of Empires of Food: Feast, Famine, and the Rise and Fall of Civilizations. With climate change, population growth, genetically modified organisms, market globalization, and corporate consolidation--what is happening to our food systems? And to us? Is the modern agricultural machine that feeds the world also destroying it? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Could local food systems be a solution to global food crises? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Andrew Rimas, a journalist and the managing editor at the Improper Bostonian magazine

Evan Fraser, adjunct professor of geography at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds in the UK with a focus on farming, climate change and the environment

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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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Can Capitalism Redeem Itself?

Is a better capitalism possible? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked. He argues that the global financial system needs to be remade from the ground up. But where do we start in building a more just and sustainable system?

Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. In a globalized economy, are the incentives for gluttony and graft simply too great? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
John Perkins, an economist and author. His best-known book is Confessions of an Economic Hit Man.

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Your Call 081709 What fills the hole where the abandoned Wal-Mart was?

What fills the hole where the abandoned Wal-Mart was? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Julia Christensen, author of Big Box Reuse. Communities across the country are transforming their vacant big box stores into libraries, indoor racetracks, museums, and more. Could the collapse of big box retail in your town have a silver lining?

Send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org or join us live at 11 a.m. What would you transform your city's Big Box store into? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Julia Christensen, author of Big Box Reuse

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