Who benefits from government subsidies?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation about subsidies. Oil production is one of the most heavily subsidized businesses in America. The tax breaks average about 4 billion dollars a year. Meanwhile, ten percent of America's largest farms receive almost three-fourths of federal farm subsidies. So how do subsidies affect the economy? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Why do subsidies matter? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Timothy Wise, director of the Research and Policy Program at the Global Development and Environment Institute at Tufts University.

Steve Kretzmann, executive director of Oil Change International!

Robert Weismann, president of Public Citizen.

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What can we learn from the Gulf oil disaster?

On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Exxon Valdez survivor and marine biologist Riki Ott and Texas shrimper-turned-activist Diane Wilson. They've been helping workers in the Gulf organize to defend the environment, their jobs, and their own health. How has the BP catastrophe changed your view of the environment, our economy, and our democracy? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Has this oil spill brought us to a crossroads? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Riki Ott, marine biologist and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

Diane Wilson, former Texas shrimp boat captain and author of An Unreasonable Woman: A True Story of Shrimpers, Politicos, Polluters, and the Fight for Seadrift, Texas

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Your Call 092508 Big Oil with author Antonia Juhasz

What's in store for the future of big oil? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Antonia Juhasz, author of the forthcoming book, The Tyranny of Oil: The World's Most Powerful Industry -- and What We Must Do to Stop It. Juhasz investigates the true state of the U.S. oil industry by uncovering its global power, influence over our elected officials, the truth behind $150-a-barrel oil, and the highest profit in corporate history. Who's really controlling the prices? How much oil is even left? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.

Guest: Antonia Juhasz is a policy-analyst, author and activist living in San Francisco.

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Your Call 071708 U.S. Economic Woes

Has the U.S. economy reached a tipping point? On the next Your Call, we will have a discussion about the recent housing crisis and the broader economic outlook for the United States. Oil prices are soaring, the dollar has fallen to a new low and the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve are proposing steps to possibly bail out the nation's two largest mortgage lenders. Where is the U.S. economy heading and how are you being impacted? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:

Catherine Austin Fitts Catherine, president of Solari, Inc. and the managing member of Solari Investment Advisory Services.

Robert Pollin, Professor of Economics and founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

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Your Call 112007 A Debate about Peak Oil

How worried should we be about "Peak Oil"? On Your Call, we’ll talk about the looming oil crisis with Vijay Vaitheeswaran, author of Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future. We’ll also be joined by Michael Klare, author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum. How will "Peak Oil" affect our society? Some say it’s happening now. How should we prepare? It’s Your Call with me, Rose Aguilar and you.       

Guests:
Michael Klare, professor of Peace and World Security Studies at Hampshire College, and author of Blood and Oil: The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum.

Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Global Correspondent for The Economist. He is also the author of Power to the People: How the Coming Engery Revolution in the Engergy Revolution Will Change Industry, Change our Lives and Maybe Even Save the Planet.  He also co-authored Zoom: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future.

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