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Current Affairs

A Set of Progressive Economic Principles That Can Actually Win Elections

Current Affairs

Current Affairs

Politics, Culture, Government, Comedy, News

4.6673 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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0:00.0

All right. Welcome to Current Affairs. My name is Nathan Robinson. I'm the editor-in-chief of Current Affairs Magazine.

0:13.5

My guests today are Harvey Kay. He is Professor Emeritus of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay,

0:25.9

as well as the author of books, including The Fight for the Four Freedoms,

0:30.7

take hold of our history.

0:33.1

And, oh, crap, I forgot the name of the Thomas Payne book.

0:36.0

What's the name of the Thomas Pain book?

0:37.1

Thomas Pain and the Promise of America. Thomas Payne and the Promise of America.

0:39.0

Thomas Pain and the Promise of America.

0:40.4

There we go.

0:41.4

There we go.

0:42.0

Welcome back to Current Affairs.

0:44.2

Oh, there we go.

0:45.1

Alan is holding up the book.

0:46.7

Thomas Payton of the Promise of America.

0:48.6

Welcome back to Current Affairs, Harvey Kay.

0:51.3

Thank you.

0:52.2

And I'm also here with Alan Minsky.

0:56.0

Alan is the executive director of progressive Democrats of America. And together, Harvey and

1:03.2

Alan have put together a 21st century economic bill of rights program that they have been elaborating it through in a series of

1:14.0

articles at common dreams. I've got a three-part series where they explain what a 21st century

1:20.9

economic bill of rights would look like, why we need it, and why it is the path back to power for progressive.

1:31.4

So we're going to talk about their agenda today, but there's also news that the 21st century

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