Patt Morrison for Wednesday, 12/2/09

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

1-3 p.m.

 

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1:06 – 1:39

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1:41 – 1:58:30

Green jobs, tech jobs, any jobs anywhere in California?

"Just as California led the world into the information digital age and became the leader in biotechnology, we will help our state translate cutting edge environmental policy into economic opportunity that will lead this emerging wave of entrepreneurship," said new Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development Victoria Bradshaw in a statement. With the highest unemployment in years and no turn-around in sight, how will she put Californians to work again? 

 

Guest:

Victoria Bradshaw, Secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA).

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2:06 – 2:30

The bling - bling of gold

While many are succumbing to persistent economic downturn, there are people who claim to have the answer… the "gold bugs." The undisputed hot commodity in the world right now is gold. It's value dipped a bit in the 80’s and 90’s, but gold bugs held on to their precious metal amid roaring stock markets and quelled inflation. Well, now gold is over $1100 an ounce and shows no sign of letting up. From the top hedge funds in the U.S. to the most powerful countries in the world, acquiring and holding gold is the economic plan for financial growth. With predictions that prices will hit $2,400 an ounce, and with the dollar declining in value, it seems as if the “gold bug’s” philosophy is as solid as… well, gold.

 

Guests

Alistair Barr, reporter for MarketWatch.com

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Paul Justice, Exchange Traded Funds strategist for Morningstar, provider of independent investment research

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2:30 – 2:58:30

Inside the Kingdom: the struggle for Saudi Arabia

Like most of the Middle East, Saudi Arabia is a country full of contradictions, sometimes violent ones.  Thanks to its massive oil reserves the residents of the Kingdom enjoy modern cities, luxury goods and generally comfortable lives; and yet there is an ancient tribal system and violently conservative religious morals that dominate Saudi Arabian society.  Robert Lacey traces the history and charts the future of Saudi Arabia, the same conflicted country that produced Osama bin Laden and ranks as one of America’s staunchest allies in the Middle East.

 

Guests:

Robert Lacey, author of “Inside the Kingdom:  Kings, Clerics, Modernists, Terrorists & the Struggle for Saudi Arabia”

IN STUDIO

 

 

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