{"id":23991,"date":"2017-10-31T12:33:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=23991"},"modified":"2017-10-31T12:33:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T12:33:35","slug":"the-economic-system-why-its-failing-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=23991","title":{"rendered":"The Economic System &#8211; why it&#8217;s failing us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Tony Weekes, Economist, talks to Noel McGuinness about the failings in our economic system and we can do to make improvements that will benefit us and our society.<\/div>\n<div>Tony also talks about the Maynooth Communiversity Programme which offers adults the chance to do a university course through their local library &#8211; without the need to do exams or projects. Understanding economics is one of the modules in this programme.<\/div>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3378\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-27-10-2017-001.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('3378','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-27-10-2017-001.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-27-10-2017-001.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=23991-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-27-10-2017-001.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NorthsideToday-27-10-2017-001.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 25:19 &#8212; 34.8MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Weekes, Economist, talks to Noel McGuinness about the failings in our economic system and we can do to make improvements that will benefit us and our society. 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