Jeffrey D. Sachs: Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet
Must reading for those interested in economics and development. A bold vision for global economic justice,
Dilip Hiro: Secrets and Lies: Operation "Iraqi Freedom" and After: A Prelude to the Fall of U.S. Power in the Middle East?
The very readbale account of how the Bush and Blair administrations lied about Iraq to try to justify war.
HANS BLIX: Disarming Iraq
The truth on Iraqi WMD from the man who was there.
William Greider: The Soul of Capitalism: Opening Paths to a Moral Economy
A new work about a critical issue, the organization of work. Bill Greider writes for The Nation and has published exceptional analysis of the role of the federal reserve and thecapture of federal regulation by business.
Robert Jay Lifton: Superpower Syndrome: America's Apocalyptic Confrontation with the World
The new work by Psychiatrist Dr. Robert Lifton. He explores the apocalyptic vision of pre-emptive war in ligh of 911 2001. Very readable and important book from the National Book Award winner.
Ron Suskind: The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, the White House, and the Education of Paul O'Neill
The book that Paul O'Neill inspired with his tales of deception in policy development by the Bush Administration
Aleksandr Sokurov: Russian Ark
From the acclaimed Russian Director one of the most beautifully filmed nights at the cinema. A strong recommendation on my list of great films watched in 2003 - Ben
Ben Tafoya and Dennis Tafoya are the co-hosts of The Emerging Majority radio program heard throughout Massachusetts on commercial radio and around the world through the web. Find out more information about our philosophy and show content at www.theemergingmajority.com .
Ben Tafoya is a graduate of Georgetown University with a degree in Economics. He has been in business for nineteen years, largely in the technology sector, and has worked for a US Senator and numerous candidates for public office.
Ben believes in Economic Democracy, the sliding curve ball, and that he and Lauren Graham from the Gilmore Girls probably have a lot in common, if only she would return his calls. He and his long-suffering girlfriend live in Reading, Massachusetts.
Dennis Tafoya is a salesman from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He has worked in the technology sector for twenty years and also serves on the board of a local center for peace education and conflict resolution. He has a wife and three children.
He doesn't have any fancy-pants degree from a high-falutin' university, and he thinks that while Paul Krugman can cogently describe the problems with the Bush Administration economic policy, so can Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train."