On this week's episode of Welcome to the Know, The New Ledger's Brad Jackson and Pejman Yousefzadeh discuss epistemic closure, the rift within the Republican Party, and Superman vs. Batman.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
The Assault on Goldman Sachs
In this week's edition of Coffee and Markets, we're talking about the controversies over financial regulation reform and the SEC's case against Goldman Sachs.
Rum and Politics: Entitlements and Class
This week we offer you part one of a special Rum & Politics session from Costa Rica. The conversation covers the concept of tying government pay to the voting franchise, the stratification of class, and the unintended consequences of Obamacare.
The Fractured State of the RNC
The New Ledger's Brad Jackson and Pejman Yousefzadeh discuss Michael Steele and the fractured state of the RNC on today's Welcome to the Know broadcast.
The United States of Deficits Forever
In this week's edition of Coffee and Markets, we're talking about deficits, the economic future, entitlement spending and the possibility of a grand compromise on taxes.



The Brewing VAT
In this week's Coffee and Markets, we discuss the upheaval in the marketplace in the wake of Greece's problems and we talk about the White House plan, as advocated by Steny Hoyer and Paul Volcker, to institute a VAT.