"Guns & Butter" investigates the relationships among capitalism, militarism and politics. Maintaining a radical perspective in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, "Guns & Butter: The Economics of Politics" reports on who wins and who loses when the economic resources of civil society are diverted toward global corporatization, war, and the furtherance of a national security state.

Produced and hosted by Bonnie Faulkner.

E-mail Bonnie at blfaulkner@yahoo.com

Guns and Butter - "Obama's Banking Panic" - February 25, 2009 at 1:00pm
"Obama's Banking Panic" with economic historian and author, Webster Tarpley. Today we define the crisis; discuss the Federal Reserve; the steps that ought to be taken; the Troubled Asset Recovery Program or TARP; foreclosures; the administration's Stimulus Package; the "bad bank" concept under ...

Guns and Butter - "The Global Financial Crisis" - February 18, 2009 at 1:00pm
"The Global Financial Crisis" with economist and author, Michel Chossudovsky, on the causes and consequences of the financial meltdown; the speculative onslaught; financial fraud and the bank bailouts; the impacts on employment, wages and social services; the economic crisis and its relationship to

Guns and Butter - "9/11 Let's Get Empirical" - February 4, 2009 at 1:00pm
"9/11 Let's Get Empirical" excerpts from a film featuring David Ray Griffin, an examination of the evidence, and a refutation of critics of independent research into the events of September 11th.