Is there a better way to think about money? Bernard Lietaer thinks so. One of the designers of the Euro, he’s now talking up the virtues of alternative currencies. In this EXTENDED interview, Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne tell us why complementary currencies are now flourishing around the world – and how they could help us dodge the next recession.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Intensive polling over several years in both countries shows that Americans and Canadians are developing differences in their social, political and moral attitudes.
David Galenson teaches Economics at the University of Chicago, and he's the author of a book called "Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity." His theory is that most artists are either old masters like Cezanne or young geniuses like Picasso.
Inspired by the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements and by African-American activists and artists Giovanni’s poetry has become synonymous with the struggle of African-Americans, and especially the struggle of Black women.
Peter Klimley is the world’s leading expert on Hammerhead and Great White sharks. He tells Jim Fleming what Hollywood got wrong in “Jaws."
Richard Schweid loves eels. He tells Steve Paulson that scientists know very little about their life cycle, but that their numbers seem to be declining.
Not all illustrators agree on what to call graphic novels or when the first one appeared, but most agree that the man who brought them into the mainstream was Will Eisner.
Katy Lederer is a poet who used to manage a hedge fund. Her latest book is "The Heaven-Sent Leaf." She reads from it and talks about her work with Anne Strainchamps.
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