Patt Morrison Mon, 12/22

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, December 22, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:20

OPEN

 

 

 

1:20 – 1:40

Ending "Unfair, Deceptive and Predatory Practices" of the Credit Card Industry

Credit card bills out of control? While we can't do much to help lower your balance, there is a sliver of good news in the credit card industry: federal regulators have adopted new rules to protect consumers from things like arbitrary hikes in interest rates. The rules will also prevent credit card companies from placing unfair time constraints on payments and making deceptive offers of credit, among other protections. Will these changes end the so-called "unfair, deceptive and predatory practices" of the credit card industry?

 

Guests:

Ruth Susswein, Deputy Director, National Priorities for Consumer Action

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Nessa Feddis, Vice President and Senior Counsel for the American Bankers Association

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1:40 – 2:00

OPEN

 

 

[NPR NEWS]

 

 

2:00 – 2:20

OPEN

 

 

 

2:20 – 2:30

Jobs Loss:  Life at Apple Without Steve

This week when Apple announced that its CEO Steve Jobs will not be making his annual, much-anticipated appearance at Macworld in January, a mini-hysteria broke out in the tech world, and on Wall Street.  Apple’s share price took a hit, and this is when the company remains profitable and should hit its sales goals in a recession year.  Could one man really be so tightly wound into the identity of a huge, global company?  Yes—Steve Jobs is Apple and if, as some rumors suggest, he is seriously sick again, how will Apple press on without its iconic leader?

 

Guests:

TBD

 

 

2:30 – 3:00

The Numbers Game

Just breathe, mathphobes! The authors of a new book on numbers, "The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life" are here to explain the use—and abuse—of numbers in our everyday lives. From tax spending to crime to climate shock figures, these experts offer simple tricks and techniques to cut through the mysterious use of the numbers all around us and empower the everyday media consumer.

 

Guests:

Michael Blastland, writer, broadcaster, and the creator of More of Less, the BBC Radio 4 show

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Andrew Dilnot, the former host of the show, is the principal of St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, and was the director of England’s Institute for Fiscal Studies.

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