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GRITtv: Jay Smooth: Lyricism and Capitalism

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The always lyrical Jay Smooth weighs in on what rappers think is profitable these days, and how not being lyrical is "the subprime mortgage of hip-hop."

GRITtv: Mar. 3 2010

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Yesterday, we noted that the fangs seem to have been pulled out of the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency, and financial reform seems to be quietly fading from the agenda.

GRITtv: Raj Patel: What Do We Really Value?

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Raj Patel has spent a lot of time studying the way resources are distributed among people, and he's watched spiraling inequality leave many people with nothing while concentrating wealth in the hands of the few. From the food system, which he studied in Stuffed and Starved, to the bank bonuses still being handed out, he argues that something has to change. In his new book, "The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy," Patel lays out some solutions.

GRITtv: Jan. 21, 2010

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People in Haiti need real solutions, and to offer some, we ask Monika Kalra Varma, Melissa Harris-Lacewell and James Perry; In this week's Got Docs, "We Want What's Ours" looks at the difficulties of reclaiming stolen land in South Africa; Raj Patel talks about consumerism, labor, violence against women, and the way we need to think about happiness; Danny Schechter weighs in on reporters' responsibilities in Haiti; and Laura has some thoughts about why Martha Coakley lost -- and they have nothing to do with health care.

GRITtv: What's the Value of Government Regulation?

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The hearings on the financial crisis are getting underway, but the real solutions will need to come out of Congress. Katrina vanden Heuvel notes that we've seen meltdown capitalism; is it possible to create a conscious capitalism to take its place, or do we need to radically rethink our economic system? We ask author Raj Patel, Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation and of the book Meltdown, and Daniel Gross, Newsweek columnist.

GRITtv: Jan. 13, 2010

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We check in with actor/activist Danny Glover and Marie St. Cyr on the situation in Haiti; We ask Raj Patel, Katrina vanden Heuvel and Daniel Gross if we need to radically rethink our economic structure; a League of Conservation Voters video looks at how oil companies fight climate legislation; Ann Wright on her experience with the Gaza march, and a film from the Visual Resistance Artist Collective

GRITtv: Raj Patel: The Value of Nothing

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"The opposite of greed isn't thrift, it's generosity" says Raj Patel, author of the new book The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy. Patel looks at why we value certain things, how consumption and greed became goods, and the problem with profit. He'll be appearing on GRITtv soon to talk about his new book, but meanwhile, enjoy this preview.

GRITtv: Jan. 11, 2010

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Julia Serano, Naomi Clark and filmmaker Jules Rosskam talk about being transgender in the U.S. and how far we still have to go. Rebel comedian Reno offers some thoughts on whether progressives should give up on Obama, what he can actually change, and why instead of blaming him, perhaps we should look harder at ourselves. Guillermo Chacon and Yanira Arias of the Salvadoran American National Network discuss the deaths of Salvadoran activists, the involvement of transnational companies with U.S. subsidiaries, and what the U.S. can do to help.

GRITtv: Imagining Radical Change with David Harvey & Alexander Cockburn

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The word "Change" has been used so much lately that it often seems almost meaningless. What's change really? Is it having Barack Obama in the White House, talking about withdrawing from Iraq, a stimulus bill that spends some federal dollars on infrastructure? David Harvey, author of "A Brief History of Neoliberalism," and Alexander Cockburn, author of "End Times: The Death of the Fourth Estate," don't think small when it comes to change.

GRITtv: Nov. 18, 2009

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Since last fall's financial collapse, we've heard more honest discussion about capitalism's failings than in years. Yet real change is still hard to find. David Harvey and Alexander Cockburn don't think small when it comes to change, as you'll see here during a discussion with Laura for an event at CUNY's Center for Place, Culture & Politics. Antonino D'Ambrosio, author of "A Heartbeat and a Guitar: Johnny Cash and the Making of Bitter Tears," dispells some myths about the Man in Black and connect him to the folk-protest tradition.

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