Economics

Roland Bunch has worked as a consultant in agricultural development for over 40 NGOs and governments in 50 nations, including Cornell University, the Ford Foundation, several of the Oxfams, Save the Children, CARE, and the governments of Guatemala, Honduras, Swaziland, Laos and Vietnam. In 1982, he authored the second of his four books, Two Ears of Corn, A Guide to People-Centered Agricultural Improvement, which was eventually published in ten languages and became one of the all-time best-sellers in agricultural development.

He has also, over the last 30 years, been one of several worldwide leaders (along with a half-dozen Brazilians) in developing green manure/cover crop technologies and spreading them around the world. Roland has been nominated for the Global 500 Award, the US President’s End the Hunger Prize, and the World Food Prize.

Recorded August 26, 2015

The Juneau World Affairs Council presents “Comedy, Economics & Carbon Tax!” with Yoram Bauman.

Bauman has a Ph.D. in economics, but got into stand-up comedy after writing a parody of an economics text book in grad school. He’s authored several cartoon guides to economics and does some formal teaching, but considers stand-up his “job job.”

Recorded April 1, 2015

Capitol Views

(2015 Episode 25)

Deantha Crockett
Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association

Part 2 (view part 1)

Capitol Views

(2015 Episode 24)

Deantha Crockett
Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association

Part 1 (view part 2)

Capitol Views

(2015 Episode 3)

Rep. Jim Colver
R-Palmer, Valdez, Delta Junction

Oil is at the heart of Alaska’s economy, and the price per barrel a leading indicator of its health. So with the price of oil crashing, what happens now?

Guests include Gunnar Knapp with the University of Alaska Anchorage’s Institute for Social and Economic Research and Cliff Groh of the nonpartisan public policy organization Alaska Common Ground. Jeremy Hsieh hosts.