Tag Archives: university of chicago

Interchange – The Mask of the Public Good: What the University Costs Communities

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:00 — 81.0MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreThe Checkerboard Lounge permanently closed its doors in 2015 – but these doors were not those of the storied blues shrine that had stood on 43rd Street since 1972. The demise of this cultural mainstay opens Davarian Baldwin’s new book, In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: …

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Daily Local News – April 17th, 2019

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:20 — 28.3MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreH-T’s managing editor steps down; Common Council to consider scooter use ordinance; Senate Bill 105 grapples with redistricting reform; Transportation Improvement Plan includes amendment requesting drones for IDOT and State Police; Road closures common amid heavy county road construction. FEATURE At a recent Eugene V. Debs celebration, …

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A Case Against Universal Basic Income

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 10:19 — 10.6MB)Subscribe: RSS | MoreUniversal Basic Income is often touted as a solution to the struggles of our current economic system; providing for those left behind, as the U.S. economy transitions away from manufacturing. University of Chicago Professor Aaron Benanav spoke on the darker implications of UBI, at an event sponsored …

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