Behind the News: Milton Friedman's War on Public Education

Doug speaks with Nancy MacLean (https://scholars.duke.edu/person/nancy.maclean), author of this paper (https://www.ineteconomics.org/research/research-papers/how-milton-friedman-exploited-white-supremacy-to-privatize-education), on how Milton Friedman’s war on public education fit nicely with Southern massive resistance to desegregation. Plus: Klaus Jacob (https://www.earth.columbia.edu/users/profile/klaus-hans-jacob), a geophysicist, on how we can live with rising seas and heavier rains.Behind the News, hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global. Find the archive here: https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html (https://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html)