GLOBAL IMPACT  

This segment of GLOBAL IMPACT features Dr. Helen Fein, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Genocide and Founder / First President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars. Dr. Helen Fein is a historical sociologist who is author and editor of twelve books and monographs on genocide, human rights, and collective violence. We will be discussing her book "Human Rights & Wrongs: Slavery, Terror, Genocide" and her critical perspectives on genocide prevention.

This segment of GLOBAL IMPACT features Dr. C.K. Prahalad, who is the Fruehauf Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Corporate Strategy and International Business at the University of Michigan Business School. He is a globally recognized business consultant who has worked with senior management at many of the world's leading companies. The depth and breadth of his business knowledge and innovative approaches to accelerating corporate growth, improving profitability, and enhancing competitiveness has made him one of the most influential advisors to CEOs around the world. We will be discussing his book "The Fortune at The Bottom of The Pyramid" and how corporations can make a tremendous impact on achieving sustainable growth in the developing world by eradicating poverty through profits.

This segment of GLOBAL IMPACT features Dr. Jonathan Grant, Associate Professor of History, Florida State University, to discuss his book "Rulers, Guns, and Money" and his critical perspectives on the global arms trade in the age of imperialism.

This segment of GLOBAL IMPACT features Mr. Conor Foley, distinguished humanitarian worker, as our special guest to discuss his book "The Thin Blue Line" and his critical perspectives on modern humanitarianism and military intervention in Darfur, Iraq, Afghanistan, Kosovo and other parts of the world.

This segment of GLOBAL IMPACT features Dr. Marshall Goldman, Professor of Economics at Wellesley College and Senior Scholar at the Davis Center for Russian Studies at Harvard University. Dr. Goldman is an internationally recognized scholar on Russian history, politics and economics. He has met with Mikhail Gorbachev and Vladmir Putin and has advised American Presidents on foreign policy. We will be discussing his book "PETROSTATE" and his critical perspectives on the geopolitics of technology and resources.

This segment of GLOBAL IMPACT features Robert W. McChesney, a renowned expert on media analysis who is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. We will be discussing his dynamic book "THE POLITICAL ECONOMY of MEDIA" and his critical perspectives on how the media impacts public opinion. His book "THE POLITICAL ECONOMY of MEDIA" demonstrates the incompatibility of the corporate media system with a viable democratic public sphere, and the corrupt policy making process that brings the system into existence. The book provides a comprehensive critique of the degradation of journalism, the hyper-commercialization of culture, the Internet, and the emergence of the contemporary media reform movement. This segment of GLOBAL IMPACT is mandatory for anyone seeking to understand and change media, and the political economy, in the world today.