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Money in America with Randall Turner interviews economic, business, investing, financial, government, and political experts focusing on promoting America. Ask your station to carry "Money in America" today!

    MIA and Jack Wagner, Pennsylvania Auditor General

    MIA and Jack Wagner, Pennsylvania Auditor General

    Sworn into office on January 20, 2009 for his second term as Pennsylvania’s
    50th elected Auditor General, Jack Wagner brings 25 years of public service
    to his role as the Commonwealth’s independent fiscal watchdog.
    Wagner identified job retention and growth, fiscal responsibility, public safety and reform of the government as his administration’s top priorities. “Improving the performance of government so that it improves the quality of life for all Pennsylvanians is my mission,” Wagner said.

    Before he was elected Auditor General, Jack Wagner had represented Allegheny County as a State Senator since May, 1994. He served in the leadership of the State Senate and as the Democratic Chairman of the Senate Banking and Insurance Committee. He also served on the Appropriations; Veterans Affairs and Emergency Preparedness; Rules and Executive Nominations; and Policy Committees.

    Wagner was a member of the Pittsburgh City Council for 10 years, representing all city neighborhoods. He was born and reared in the Beechview neighborhood. He was Pittsburgh City Council's President from 1990-93.
    After graduating from South Hills High School in Pittsburgh, Wagner was
    employed by Duquesne Light Company in various capacities, and was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers for five years.

    While employed by Duquesne Light Company, Wagner enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and served from 1966 to 1968. Wagner received a Purple Heart and other military commendations while serving in the Vietnam War in 1967.
    Following his military service, Wagner graduated from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Safety Management in 1974. While a studentat IUP, Wagner worked as a paramedic with Citizens Ambulance Service. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from IUP for service to the community and the University in 1994.

    He serves on the boards of the Senator John Heinz History Center, the Obediah Cole Foundation for Prostate Cancer, the Veterans Leadership Program, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Sharing and Caring, Inc., and World War II Veterans of Allegheny County Memorial Fund, Inc. He is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers, German American National Congress, Italian Sons and Daughters of America, Knights of Equity, Ancient Order of Hibernians, Lions Club, Elks Club, and Moose Club.

    Wagner also belongs to the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans, Vietnam Veterans Institute, and Veterans Political Action Committee. He received the Veteran of the Year award from the Vietnam Veterans Leadership Program and the Outstanding Legislator Award from the Pennsylvania Veterans of Foreign Wars. He also received the Clarion Young Democrats John Shropshire Award. In the fall of 2008, Wagner was awarded with a life-time, honorary membership to the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.

    Wagner is a member of St. Catherine of Siena Church in Beechview, where he lives with his wife, Nancy, and children, Luke and Sara.

    Jack is a bad golfer.

    • 15 min
    MIA and Dan Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies

    MIA and Dan Griswold, Director, Center for Trade Policy Studies

    Randall and Dan talk about Dan's article, "Are U.S. Multinationals to Blame for High Unemployment?"

    Daniel Griswold is director of the Center for Trade Policy Studies at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C, and the author of the new Cato book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization. Since joining Cato in 1997, Mr. Griswold has authored major studies on globalization, trade, and immigration. He's written articles for major newspapers, appeared on CNBC, C-SPAN, CNN, PBS, and Fox News, and testified before House and Senate committees. Earlier in his career, Mr. Griswold was editorial page editor of a daily newspaper, the Colorado Springs Gazette, and a congressional press secretary. He holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and a diploma in economics and a master's degree in the Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics.

    • 10 min
    MIA and Charles Earl

    MIA and Charles Earl

    Charlie received his B.A. in English from the College of Wooster and an M.A. in Mass Communication from Bowling Green State University. In addition, Charlie has done doctoral course work in Mass Communication. Former radio broadcaster, television newscaster, and member of the Ohio House of Representatives, 82 and 80th districts. See his blog www.littlestuff-minoosha.blogspot.com

    • 20 min
    MIA and Alex Cortez - Restore the Dream Foundation

    MIA and Alex Cortez - Restore the Dream Foundation

    http://therestoreadreamfoundation.org/default.aspx

    Alex Cortes is the Chairman of Restore the Dream Foundation, a non-profit 501c4 organization committed to restoring the American Dream through limited government, free markets, and individual liberty. Cortes also serves as the spokesperson for DeFundIt.org, the Foundation's first initiative that is advocating for the de-funding of ObamaCare as the most immediate solution to effectively defeating the law before repealing and replacing it.

    • 12 min
    MIA and Apostle Claver, Raging Elephants.Org

    MIA and Apostle Claver, Raging Elephants.Org

    “Leading America’s 2nd Emancipation”

    Apostle Claver – Bio/Intro

    Apostle Claver is the founder and chairman of RagingElephants.org – an organization dedicated to leading “America’s 2nd Emancipation” by bringing diversity to the Conservative movement. Raging Elephants challenges voters of color to reconsider their party affiliation and vote their values.

    Apostle is an animated, inspirational speaker who thrills audiences all across America. He has appeared or been featured on the Sean Hannity Show, John Gibson Show, Mancow Show, CNN, Fox News and TV, radio and print media across the nation.

    Apostle Claver also conducts Raging Elephants Boot Camps throughout the nation - a program that unfolds a remarkable plan to promote liberty through educating American voters. The training presents compelling data to emphasize the demographic crisis facing the Republican Party and teaches the steps of his proven, winning strategy to strength the Conservative movement through racial diversity.

    • 22 min
    MIA and Monty Pelerin, CFO, Economics Expert www.economicnoise.com - Part II

    MIA and Monty Pelerin, CFO, Economics Expert www.economicnoise.com - Part II

    Monty Pelerin's background includes academic degrees from Duke University (AB), the University of Chicago (MBA) and Syracuse University (PhD) all in finance and economics. At Chicago, he was fortunate to have classes from Milton Friedman, George Stigler and Ronald Coase. He knew Merton Miller. All of these gentlemen subsequently became Nobel Laureates in Economics.

    His early career was in the corporate world where he served as Chief Financial Officer for a few companies. Later in life he went back to school for the doctorate degree and then taught for about 10 years at the college and graduate level. He enjoyed the classroom, but disliked the bureaucracy and dealing with too many peers who were educated beyond their levels of competence. He retired early and have supported myself primarily as an investor.

    Monty Pelerin is an avid reader, investor and reasonably decent golfer (or used to be). He was exposed to both Keynesian and Monetarist economics in formal training and became an Austrian economist on my own. In his opinion, it is the only "school" of economics that makes any sense.

    In September of 2009 he started a website: Monty Pelerin's World at www.economicnoise.com. Since its inception, he has put up almost 1,500 posts. The posts deal primarily with economics, politics and investing.

    The name Monty Pelerin is a pseudonym derived from the Mont Pelerin Society founded by Friedrich Hayek after WWII. Hayek saw a need for a forum for like-minded individuals who believed in Classical Liberalism. At the time, government planning and control dominated economic and political thought. The Mont Pelerin Society was composed of friends of freedom from around the world. Ludwig von Mises and Milton Friedman were original members. More information on Mont Pelerin can be obtained from my site or the internet. He have no connection with the Society other than a coincidence of philosophy.

    He uses Friedrich Hayek as an gravatar in honor of his enormous contributions to classical liberalism. A photo of Hayek is attached.

    Here are the full articles published on American Thinker (http://www.americanthinker.com/)

    Articles By Monty Pelerin
    The Coming Political Upheaval
    Put Uncle Sam on an Allowance
    Jekyll and Hyde Government
    Why the Democratic Party Cannot Survive
    Bernanke's Cowardice Has Sealed Our Fate
    Red vs. Blue: Bloods vs. Crips
    Obama: Not Moses, Merely Elmer Gantry
    A Depression May Be Our Best Hope
    Keynes as 'Useful Idiot'
    The Divine Right of Government
    Desperate Economic Action Ahead?
    Inflation: The Last Gasp of the Obama Economic Crisis
    Our Patrick Henry Moment Is Here
    Repent -- The End Is Near
    Worse than a Depression
    The End of Democratic Socialism
    Political Fatal Conceit
    The Keynesian Fraud
    Obama the Entrepreneurship Expert
    Obama's Ides-of-March Moment is Near
    The Economic Crisis Is Only a Symptom
    Health Care Reform Vaporizes Obama Presidency
    2010 Will Be Worse
    Obama's Vote-Buying Dilemma
    Why Obamanomics Will Not Improve the Economy

    • 15 min

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