It's a Brian Laird Show on WNYC.

Good morning everyone.

Coming up today, the Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stieglitz

with his new book, The Road to Freedom.

Its premise is a reconsideration of how we use the word freedom when we talk

about the economy and our personal finances.

I'm so glad he's done this because the word freedom, which can mean so many things to so many people right

has largely been captured by the free market right these days in the economic

context and Stiglitz wants to wrestle it back toward a fuller meaning.

So Joseph Stiglitz and the Road to Freedom coming up.

Also our lead Eric Adams reporter Liz Kim as usual on Wednesdays with clips and

analysis and to take your calls on the Mayor's Tuesday

news conference.

And with this being a week off from school in most places, we'll have an open-ended call

in for teachers at the end of the show.

What's the headline from your classroom so far this academic year?

From pre-K through 12th grade teachers, think about it,

and you'll be invited to call in around 1140,

quarter to 12 or so, but here is where we start.

This is a day off in the Trump-Hush Money trial, and we'll break down the evidence so far with

Politico reporter Erica Orden, who's been in the courtroom for the opening arguments and the start of

the first witness, David Pekker,

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