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Film: Taxes, Taxes
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Many of the current and urgent questions of concerned taxpayers are dealt with: how big is the tax bite? How are taxes avoided? How are taxes hidden? Is tax reform possible? Part of the National Affairs Series-America's Economic System: Is it Obsolete?

Family Farm or Corporate America: Who'll Serve Supper? - Harold F. Breimyer and General Harold Oppenheimer
8:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Dr. Harold Breimyer is professor of economics at the University of Missouri. He served as president of the American Agriculture Economics association in 1968-69. In 1973 the Association named him a "Fellow." From 1936 to 1966, he served in many capacities with the United States Department fo Agriculture. Breimyer attended Ohio State University, University of California, an received his Ph.D. from American University in 1960. General Harold Oppenheimer chairs the Board of Oppenheimer Industries, a corporation which provides agricultural and livestock investment opportunities to private businesses and individuals. The corporation offers clients services in property acquisition, farm and ranch management and sale lease back operations. The members of the Board are somewhat unique in that, like General Oppenheimer, they all have a military background. Oppenheimer Industries has been associated with agriculture since 1910. Part of the National Affairs Series: America's Economic System: Is It Obsolete?

Film: Food: Green Grown the Profits
12:00 PM – Gallery, Memorial Union - Modern food growing, processing, and marketing are shown to be the domain of agribusiness. The film argues that this corporate concentration creates unwholesome and undesirable practices committed in the name of profit. Part of the National Affairs Series--America's Economic System: Is it Obsolete?

What's Wrong with America's Economic System? - John Gurley
8:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - John Gurley is a well known professor of economics at Stanford University, where he received his B.A and PhD degrees. He is presently teaching undergraduate courses in elementary economics, the marxian and radical traditions, the economic development of China, and human biology. His graduate courses include marxian economics and a seminar in political economy. Gurley wrote the works Money in a Theory of Finance, Challengers to Capitalism: Marx, Lenin, and Mao, and China's Economy and the maoist Strategy, in addition to many scholarly articles. Part of the National Affairs Series: America's Economic System - Is It Obsolete?.

Publish or Perish - James McCartney
12:00 PM – Pioneer Room, Memorial Union - Department of Sociology, University of MIssouri. Co-sponsored by Graduate College, Sociology, Child Development, and Psychology. From the University Lectures Program archive.

South Africa: Inside Out - David Mesenbring
12:00 PM – 260 Carver - From the University Lectures Program archive.

Justice in America - William Kunstler
12:00 PM – Sun Room, Memorial Union - From the University Lectures Program archive.

Poetry Reading Discussion - Howard Nemerov
12:00 PM – Benton Auditorium - Department of English, Washington University. From the University Lectures Program archive.

A New Look at Love - Elaine Hatfield
12:00 PM – 238 Coover - Departments of Sociology and Psychology, University of Wisconsin at Madison. Co-sponsored by Psychology, Sociology, Family Environment, Psychology Club, Graduate College. From the University Lectures Program archive.

Voices in the Sea: Communication Among Whales - Roger Payne
12:00 PM – Benton Auditorium - From the University Lectures Program archive.