Professor of Economics and director of the Center on Emerging and Pacific Economies at the University of California, San Diego
Gordon Hanson on KCRW
More from KCRW
Left, Right & Center presents: Two Years, Diaries of a Divided Nation
NationalListen to America change… one person at a time. For these six people, the politics of the Trump era have changed everyday life.
Trump declares national emergency, California sues
NationalPresident Trump today declared a national emergency to get funding for his border wall. California Gov.
Cory Booker joins a crowded 2020 race
NationalThere are so many Democrats wanting to be president in 2020. Cory Booker is the latest to announce.
The Border Story Our Leaders Don’t Want You to Hear
NationalLife, replete with its ups and downs, goes on in U.S. and Mexican border communities despite the political calamity unfolding around them.
A short history of the LA Rams
Los AngelesThis Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams will face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LIII.
Fact Check: Trump’s State of the Union Address
PoliticsPresident Trump is delivering his State of the Union address Tuesday night, a speech that had been delayed during the government shutdown.
How the teachers strike affects low-income minority students
Los AngelesNegotiations are back on between the teachers and LAUSD. We look at what they should be talking about with an education consultant who’s seen both sides.
The Illegal CIA Operation That Brought Us 9/11
BooksWas it conspiracy or idiocy that led to the failure of U.S. intelligence agencies to detect and prevent the 2001 terror attacks?