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No Logo v. Pro Logo
Does economic liberalization promise great wealth or greater misery for the world's poor? Does the advent of megabrands like Starbucks and the Gap give consumers more or less choice? Where do citizens stand in the shifting balance between government and business? Naomi Klein, brand-skeptic, and Sameena Ahmad, label-lover, disagree on nearly all the questions. Later on, they're joined by a global investment manager and an African pro-democracy, pro-environment activist.
A Healthy Dose of Branding
We rebroadcast an extended excerpt from the Pro Logo vs No Logo forum. Naomi Klein, syndicated columnist for the Guardian and Globe and Mail and author of No Logo: Taking Aim At The Brand Bullies (Picador, 1999) and Sameena Ahmad, business correspondent for The Economist and author of the "Pro Logo: Why Brands Are Good for You" article in the Economist, lay out their arguments concerning branding and the role of multinational corporations. They are joined by Nigerian activist Owens Wiwa, executive director of the African Environmental and Human Development Agency who relates his personal experience in the frontlines of globalization: the struggle of the Ogoni people against the Shell corporation. Peter Marber, president and chief strategist for the Trust Company of the Atlantic, an investment firm and author of From Third World to World Class: The Future of Emerging Markets in the Global Economy describes the global democratization of consumption. (see more info)
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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.
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Don't Say That, Literally
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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")
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From Denmark with Love
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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.
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Squatting, Then and Now
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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.
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