Focus
WILL - Focus - July 02, 2012 ~
More than 90 percent of today’s students earning a bachelor’s degree borrow money to pay for school. That can leave them with a huge burden of debt when they graduate. Why have so many students turned to borrowing to pay for college? And what happens to them and to the country if they can’t repay their loans? Our guest will be Lauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Access and Success, and we’ll explore the growing problem of student debt.
This is a repeat broadcast from Wednesday, May 16, 2012, 10 am
WILL - Focus - June 27, 2012 ~
Bryce Hoffman, Award-Winning Journalist
Host: David Inge
At the end of 2008, Ford Motor Company was running on empty. In an effort to save the American auto industry, Congress offered a bailout. GM and Chrysler took the money, but Ford decided to save itself. The company did it by hiring an outsider, Alan Mulally. It turned out to be a very good hire. By early 2010, it was clear Ford had pulled off one of the most amazing turnarounds in history. We’ll get the story from our guest, Bryce Hoffman, author of "American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company."
WILL - Focus - June 15, 2012 ~
John McCormick, Ph.D., Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Politics, Department of Political Science; Director of Graduate Studies, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Host: David Inge
Proponents of unification in Europe have long argued that closer ties across national borders would lead to peace and prosperity. Certainly the first part has been achieved, but there are questions about the second. We’ll talk about the ongoing economic crisis in the EU. Our guest will be John McCormick, professor of European Union Politics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. We’ll review the causes of the crisis, and talk about the future of the Euro.
WILL - Focus - June 04, 2012 ~
Ezra F. Vogel, Ph.D., Henry Ford II Research Professor of the Social Sciences, Emeritus, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
Host: David Inge
Ezra Vogel
This interview was recorded on January 26, 2012
We’ll bring you a conversation with one of America’s leading scholars of East Asia, Ezra Vogel, emeritus professor of social sciences at Harvard. His 1979 best-selling book "Japan as Number One," predicted the rise of Japan as an economic powerhouse. His most recent book looks at China’s development and role Deng Xiaoping played in that country’s modernization. The first book, he says, played a role in educating America about Japan. His hope is that the new book will do the same for China.
This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, January 30, 2012, 10 am
WILL - Focus - May 30, 2012
Most of Africa’s farmers are so poor they can’t grow enough to feed their families year round. In January of 2011 a group of Kenyan farmers decided to take a chance--joining the One Acre Fund, a social enterprise set up to help some of Africa’s most neglected people. The hope was that they could feed their families for the year, and have a bit left over to sell. Roger Thurow brings us the story of a farm community on the brink of change, the subject of his book "The Last Hunger Season."
WILL - Focus - May 24, 2012 ~
Economist Enrico Moretti says that today there are three Americas. At one extreme are those cities with a strong innovation sector; at the other, cities once dominated by traditional manufacturing in the middle are cities that could go either way. And where you live, as well as who you are, will determine how successful you will be in the economy of tomorrow. We explore "The New Geography of Jobs" with Enrico Moretti from the University of California at Berkeley.
WILL - Focus - May 03, 2012 ~
With James Kwak, J.D. (Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law; in 2011-2012, a Fellow at the Harvard Law School Program on Corporate Governance)
WILL - Focus - March 27, 2012 ~
With João Vale de Almeida (Ambassador, Head of Delegation Delegation of the European Union to the United States), and , and Kostas Kourtikakis, Ph.D. (Lecturer & Research Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Illinois)
WILL - Focus - February 24, 2012 ~
With J. Fred Giertz, Ph.D. (Professor of Economics and at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois), and , and Robert Rich, Ph.D. (Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois)
WILL - Focus - February 01, 2012 ~
Money Well Spent? The Truth Behind the Trillion-Dollar Stimulus, the Biggest Economic Recovery Plan in History
With Michael Grabell (Journalist; Reporter with ProPublica)
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