It's the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.

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Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour. I'm David Feldman. Steve Scroven has the

week off and joining us is the man of the hour, Ralph Nader. Hello Ralph. Hey David, we got a real humbling show today. I'll tell you, get ready listeners.

For me, every show is humbling. Today we're going to talk about the psychology of peace. We've

invited on the program Drs Judith Eve Lipton and David P. Barrish. Dr Lipton is

a psychiatrist and Dr Barrish is a psychiatrist and Dr. Barish is a professor of psychology.

They have spent a lot of time studying the Central American Nation of Costa Rica.

Now on July 4th, Trump insisted we witness in Washington DC a full-on display of

America's military might. That's quite different from Costa Rica, which is the only full-fledged and totally independent country to be entirely demilitarized.

Its military was abolished in 1948, with the keys to the armory handed over to their

Department of Education and although it's only 94th in the world for GDP

Costa Rica is in the top 10 on various measurements of health and well

being. Can America learn anything from Costa Rica? Dr Lipton and Dr. Barish believe we can.

They have co-authored the book Strength Through Peace, how demilitarization led to peace and

happiness in Costa Rica and what the rest of the world can learn from a tiny tropical nation.

Then we turn our attention to the issue of surveillance capitalism.

Regular listeners will recall our interview with Professor Shoshana Zuboff.

She wrote about Facebook and Google and how they're making money by marking our every move.

That's why in the second half of the program we're going to talk to the

founder of Consumer Watchdog, Harvey Rosenfeld, about how companies are using our data to create profiles that shape how much they charge us for online purchases.

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