Ideas
with Paul Kennedy

Monday, February 6
THE ENRIGHT FILES - The Power of the Ultra Orthodox in Israel
Michael Enright, host of The Sunday Edition, explores the question of whether Israel is a true liberal democracy or a theocracy. A conversation with Anat Hoffman, founder of Women of the Wall and Gershom Gorenberg, author of The Unmaking of Israel,

Tuesday, February 7
CYBER/MASTER CLASS
Pinchas Zukerman is one of the world's greatest violinists. Conductor of Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra, he regularly goes down to a broom closet in the basement of the NAC to conduct master classes - over the internet - with aspiring soloists from all over the world: New York, Tokyo, London and Tel Aviv.

Wednesday, February 8
THE NATION OF HOCKEY, Part 2
The back of our five dollar bill shows kids playing shinny on a timeless pond somewhere in Canada. But Calgary writer Bruce Dowbiggin argues that hockey is far more than simple nostalgia or big business. It's a clear window into the complexity of modern Canada: from shifting political power and economics, to multiculturalism and what we think it means to be a Canadian in the 21st century. Conclusion.

Thursday, February 9
THE MUNK DEBATE
Be It Resolved North America Faces a Japan-style Era of High Unemployment and Slow Growth.  Arguing for the resolution are Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner and one of the pre-eminent economists of our time, and David Rosenberg, Chief Economist and Strategist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates. Arguing against the resolution are Lawrence Summers, one of America's most influential economists, and until recently President Obama's director of the White House National Economic Council, and Ian Bremmer, founder and president of the Eurasia Group, a global political risk analysis firm. The Munk Debates are an initiative of the Aurea Foundation, a charitable organization founded in 2006 by Peter and Melanie Munk to "improve the quality and vitality of public debate in Canada." For more information, visit the Munk Debates website.

Friday, February 10
BOURGEOIS DIGNITY
Deirdre McCloskey is a contrarian among economists. She believes that ideas really matter, not just money and material reality. Wealth doesn't grow from economic factors alone. People's values and opinions, especially those of the industrious middle class, are more important.

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