April 2010

• Guests:
  • Economist Dr. John Lott, Fox News contributor; author of several books...latest "Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half Baked Theories Don't.
  • Dan Gainor of the Business and Media Institute.
  • Dr. Heidi Beirich of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
    

Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal has found that Canadians are living longer and healthier than Americans. David Feeny, from Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Oregon, on the Joint Canada/United States Survey of Health, said, "Canada and the US share a common border and enjoy very similar standards of living, yet life expectancy in Canada is higher than in the US.

An interesting group is forming in the Senate with plans to fight for an amendment to the Wall Street reform bill that would expose the Federal Reserve to a serious audit by the Government Accountability Office. Sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, the language is modeled after an amendment that passed the House and was sponsored there by Reps. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) and Ron Paul (R-Texas).

• Guests:
  • Chris Hayes, Washington, DC Editor of The Nation Magazine.
  • Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) (Chair, Subcommittee on Economic Policy).
  • Steven Hill, Director, Political Reform Program - New America Foundation; author of "Europe's Promise: Why the European Way is the Best Hope in an Insecure Age".