'BradCast' 3/4/2022 (Guest: Quincy Institute's Anatol Lieven, on paths to peace in Ukraine)

Published: March 5, 2022, 3:40 a.m.

b"On today's 'BradCast':\\xa0 Dramatically good jobs numbers show that some 678,000 new jobs were created in February, with new revisions to monthly data from December and January adding an additional 100,000 to the already record-breaking job creation numbers.\\xa0 Unemployment last month hit just 3.8 percent, falling below the pre-pandemic rate, at 3.8 percent, with a record 6.6 million jobs created over the past year. Experts say the strong economy is due in large part to President Biden's American Rescue Plan, passed by Democrats without any Republican support. Yet new polls show the American public is completely clueless about the booming economy because the corporate media is failing to inform the electorate about basic economic facts. Russia's horrific, unprovoked war on Ukraine now includes a Russian military attack on the largest nuclear power plant in Europe, a dangerous escalation.\\xa0 ANATOL LIEVEN, Senior Research Fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, explains his latest article, 'How to get to a place of peace for Ukraine.'\\xa0 Lieven, an expert on Ukraine and Russia, offers deep insights into the history of the region and other Eastern European conflicts, potential outcomes from Russia's war on Ukraine, and a roadmap to peace -- including difficult choices that may come with it."