Monday Morning Politics; Primary Previews; A New Way to Calculate Economic Value

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 10, 2018

Coming up on today's show:

Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press White House reporter and political analyst for MSNBC/NBC News, discusses the latest in national political news.
Jarrett Murphy, executive editor of City Limits, and Ben Max, executive editor of Gotham Gazette, co-hosts of the Max & Murphy podcast, talk about the competitive races and what's at stake in Thursday's primary election.
Mariana Mazzucato, University College London professor and author of The Value of Everything: Making and Taking in the Global Economy (PublicAffairs, 2018), argues it's time to reform how economies determine value to create a capitalism that benefits more people.
Ruth Vanita, professor of Global Humanities & Religions and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies and director of South & South-East Asian Studies at the University of Montana, discusses the recent Indian Supreme Court decision overturning the colonial-era sodomy laws and its implications for India and all of Southeast Asia.

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