June 9 – A Political Analysis of the U.S./China Summit; An Economic Analysis of the U.S./China Summit; Again the Tragic Intersection of Mental Illness and Easy Access to Assault Weapons

Full Program

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Part 2

Then we get an appraisal of the economic issues discussed between the world’s two biggest economies and the agreement to curb greenhouse gasses causing global warming. Scott Kennedy, the Director of the Research Center on Chinese Politics and Business at Indiana University joins us to discuss the slowdown in the Chinese economy and the new Chinese leader’s efforts to break up the monopolies and oligopolies in State-owned enterprises. We also discuss concerns over the theft of intellectual property from U.S. corporations and the cyber-theft of U.S. patents. 

Part 3

Then finally, with yet another school shooting involving the tragic intersection of mental illness and easy access to assault weapons, we speak with Paul Helmke, a Professor of Public Policy at Indiana University and the former head of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence and John Donohue, a Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and author of "Shooting Down the More Guns, Less crime Hypothesis".  We discuss how a shooter who had a history of mental illness, wearing full body armor with a handgun and an assault rifle and 1,300 rounds of ammunition, was able to go on a rampage at Santa Monica College that ended up killing four people.