As the deadline approaches to apply for your permanent fund dividend, scholars around the world are examining our unusual institution for a model they can use in the middle east, Russia, or anywhere resource wealth is found. This week onHometown, Alaska host Charles Wohlforth and his guests talk about this amazing Alaskan invention, the permanent fund, and why it is attracting admirers you might not expect, for reasons we rarely consider.
- Apply for your Permanent Fund Dividend (deadline March 31)
- Alaska Permanent Fund Corp
- Book, Alaska’s Permanent Fund Dividend: Examining its Suitability as a Model
- Book, Saving for the Future: My Life and the Alaska Permanent Fund, By Dave Rose as told to Charles Wohlforth (review)
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HOST: Charles Wohlforth
GUESTS:
- Karl Widerquist, Visitng Associate Professor at Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar
- Cliff Groh, Anchorage author and attorney, who helped create the Permanent Fund Dividend
- Gregg Erickson, author and Juneau economist, involved in creating the Permanent Fund
- Scott Goldsmith, Professor of Economics, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of Alaska Anchorage
LIVE broadcast: Wednesday, March 7, 2012. 2:00 – 3:00 pm (Alaska time)
REPEAT BROADCAST: Wednesday, March 7, 2012. 7:00 – 8:00 pm (Alaska time)
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