Jeff Schechtman's "Talk Cocktail"

"To discover to the world something which deeply concerns it, and of which it was previously ignorant; to prove to it that it had been mistaken on some vital point of temporal or spiritual interest, is as important a service as a human being can render to his fellow creatures..." John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty"

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Tuesday, June 4, 2019

Saving Capitalism

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Never before in human history has so much change been so rapidly foisted on human beings. Not during the Renaissance, the Enlightenment or t...

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Why Capitalism Matters and Why We Need to Protect It

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Bill Clinton got it almost right when he said, “it’s the economy stupid.” But it’s more than that. It might be more accurate to say, it...

Monday, September 17, 2018

The Global Elite's Effort to Change the World

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It is an accepted axiom of modern life that disruptive change is all around us. Almost every aspect of our lives has felt some or all of thi...

Thursday, November 2, 2017

It Is The Economy

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Nowhere in the real story of Watergate did anyone really say, “follow the money.” And yet that phrase has resonated for decades in the the...

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Is It Time For an Autopsy on American Democracy?

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Last week in a debate between the two candidates running in the special election in Georgia’s 6th district, Karen Handel, the Republican can...

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Capitalism vs. The Climate

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It was actually Winston Churchill, not Rahm Emanuel, who said that we should never let a serious crisis go to waste. A crisis often create...

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Capitalims 101

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Capitalism is, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, a bad system, expect for all the rest. It's taken a beating lately, but in spite of th...

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Jeff Schechtman: Napa, California, United States; I grew up during the Kennedy Presidency. It was a time when the best and the brightest sat center stage in the nation's psyche. I've always remembered the story, that at an arts gala at the White House, Kennedy looked around the room and proclaimed it "the greatest gathering of talent since Thomas Jefferson dined alone." Without the benefit of such trappings, I've had the opportunity, for the past nineteen years, to have a seat at an international banquet of ideas and history. My radio program provided me a unique opportunity to "travel" around the world and speak to thousands of the most imaginative thinkers and leaders in the arenas of politics, religion, journalism, business, popular culture, academics, science, economics, history, and medicine. During these years, I have taken many people with me on this journey. It has been a momentous time. The trauma of politics, the onslaught of technology, the insights of science, and the changes in the human condition make this a period almost unequaled in history. I'm excited that technology has now made it possible for me to take more of you along with me on this journey.

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