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Kevin Phillips on his new book "Bad Money." Mr. Phillips is an author and commentator, who focuses on politics, economics, and history. Formerly a Republican Party strategist, he held a senior position in the 1968 Nixon campaign and largely credited with the Republican "Southern Strategy," which has held that party mostly in power over the last four decades. Phillips is a regular contributor to the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio, and is a political analyst on PBS' NOW with Bill Moyers. He is the author of 12 books which include "Wealth and Democracy: a Political History of the American Rich," "American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush," and "American Theocracy: The Peril and Politics of Radical Religion, Oil, and Borrowed Money in the 21st Century. Kevin Phillip's new book is "Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism."

Raj Patel on the global food crisis and why so many are obese. Raj Patel is a scholar, journalist, activist, author and a former policy analyst for Food First, a leading food think tank. He has been a contributor to both The Los Angeles Times and The Guardian. His new book is "Stuffed & Starved: the Hidden Battle for the World Food System," which is about why the world experiences both obesity and hunger on a broad scale. Raj Patel received his PhD in Sociology from Cornell. He has been a visiting scholar at Yale and currently is at the Center for African Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. Patel worked at the World Bank, World Trade Organization and the United Nations -- he's also been tear-gassed on four continents protesting them. More recently he has lived and worked extensively in Zimbabwe and in South Africa. He was refused a visa extension by the the Mugabe regime for his political involvement with the pro-democracy movement. He has written a number of influential criticisms of various aspects of the policies and research methods of the World Bank and his website is www.stuffedorstarved.org

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