Horace Cooper - National Center for Public Policy Research & Andrew Kloster, The Heritage Foundation joins Thom Hartmann.

Before the IMF and World Bank started aggressively pushing austerity economics - Middle Eastern economies and global economies were in pretty good shape. The governments in that part of the world were pretty socialist - the government was the employer of last resort - and provided a reasonable social safety net. There were high income taxes on the wealthy elite - and protective trade and domestic ownership policies in place that protected jobs and grew economies. But the embrace by these formerly socialist governments over the past decade or so of Reaganomics and Thatchernomics - called "neoliberalism" - have changed all of that. Today - across the Middle East we find ravished economies with soaring inequality and high unemployment - all fuel for terrorist groups. Not only has Reaganomics destroyed America’s economy - it’s destroyed global economies too - AND it’s helping to fuel terrorism. So - isn't time to declare it dead - and encourage economies around the world to adopt Keynesian economic policies that will create more economic opportunities for all?

President Obama and our lawmakers in Washington often talk about how important it is to protect our “homeland." But - if they understood the history behind that word - would they still be referring to America as the "homeland?"

Marc Harrold, Congressional Candidate (L-VA -11th district) /Observations of White Noise, Sabrina Joy Stevens, Progressive Strategist & writer, Hughey Newsome, Project 21 / Move-On-Up all join Thom Hartmann.