Today at 12 noon EST (9:00am PST) EconTalk favorite and Kids Prefer Cheese blogger Mike Munger – who also teaches political science and economics at Duke – will be a guest on the Bob Zadek Show. You can listen live here (or, if you’re in the Bay Area, you can also tune in on 910AM). Here’s the station’s blurb for Mike appearance:
The Citizens United case, in which the Supreme Court affirmed speech rights for corporate “persons,” was alleged by some to herald the end of democracy “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” But are corporate interests really able to purchase politicians and their votes? Perhaps more importantly, is there any evidence that “bought” politicians stay bought? Michael Munger, Director of Duke University’s interdisciplinary Philosophy, Politics, and Economics program, studies how political favors are exchanged between actors in government and the private sector. Munger has no doubt that money can influence policy in wasteful or destructive ways, but he sees something other than campaign finance as the culprit. In a recent New York Times article on the role of money in politics, Munger was quoted talking about the deals that take place after the election, behind closed doors – a phenomenon known as “rent-seeking.” Bob will be joined by Professor Munger, a frequent EconTalk guest and former candidate for Governor of North Carolina, to peek into the dirty dens of politics and see how deals really get made. Don’t miss it!
Listen Live – Sunday, January 4 at 9AM Pacific Time – on iHeartRadio or 910 AM in the SF Bay Area.
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