to hear Chris Hedges and others on the 1hr 29min CSPAN3 broadcast from December 6, 2012, click on

 http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/309814-1

FREE INTERNET BOOK: "The Future of the Welfare State," Ireland, 2010

 http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2013/01/421370.shtml

 http://www.socialjustice.ie/sites/default/files/file/Social%20Policy%20Conference/2010%20-%20SPC%20book%20-%20FULL%20TEXT%20-%20Future%20of%20Welfare%20State.pdf