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  1. Australia’s welfare state - Rear Vision - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    Welfare benefits have been in the news a lot lately –€“ in Europe as governments struggle with debt, in the US with Mitt Romney’€™s comments about the ‘47 percent dependent on government entitlements’€™ and here in Australia as the federal government cuts back the baby bonus. This week on Rear Vision the story of welfare in Australia.

    Guests:
    Professor Francis Castles, Emeritus Professor - School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University

    Professor Peter Whiteford, Crawford School of Public Policy , Australian National University

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/rearvision/australia27s-welfare-state/4379252

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  2. Research Radio - Episode 1 - Dr. Richard Barth

    Dr. Richard Barth is Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore and co-editor of the recently published book, "How Does Foster Care Work?: International Evidence on Outcomes (Child Welfare Outcomes)". He spoke with Research Radio to discuss a co-authored chapter from that book entitled, "Five-Year Developmental Outcomes for Young Children Remaining in Foster Care, Returned Home, or Adopted".

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  3. A Thin Line: Economic Development Or Corporate Welfare? : NPR

    In her new series for The New York Times, reporter Louise Story traces the complicated relationship between localities and the corporations they want to lure to their states, counties and cities to help promote economic growth.

    http://www.npr.org/2012/12/05/166489199/a-thin-line-economic-growth-or-corporate-welfare

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  4. A Close Look At Your Bills’ ‘Fine Print’ : NPR

    In his new book, The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind, author David Cay Johnston examines the fees that companies have added over the years that have made bills incrementally larger. He tells Fresh Air that companies are misusing language to "confuse people."

    http://www.npr.org/2012/09/20/161477162/a-close-look-at-your-bills-fine-print

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  5. Robert Reich: Mitt Romney’s Casino Capitalism | The Nation

     Romney’s background in casino capitalism represents all that is wrong with our polticial system.

    http://www.thenation.com/audio/168659/robert-reich-mitt-romneys-casino-capitalism?page=full#

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  6. What do Australians want from their government? - Late Night Live - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    In her Quarterly Essay, Laura Tingle discusses why Australians are so angry about their political leaders. Are they not delivering or do we expect too much from government?

    http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/what-do-australians-want-from-their-government3f/4050764

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  7. Politics Weekly podcast: middle class taxes and Super Tuesday | Politics | guardian.co.uk

    Simon Jenkins, Jonathan Freedland and Heather Stewart discuss child benefit, plus why moderate Republicans are a dying breed

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/audio/2012/mar/08/politics-weekly-podcast-taxes-super-tuesday

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