Liaquat Ahamed talks about the parallels between the recent financial meltdown and the events that led up to the Great Depression. Both situations involved bubbles, and errors by the Federal Reserve System.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Paul Krugman wrote an article called “For Richer” for the New York Times Magazine. He tells Steve Paulson that there is a widening chasm between the super rich and the rest of us.
The WPA built 650 thousand miles of highways and employed 8 and a half million people. We explore its legacy
Richard Reynolds tells Anne Strainchamps about his adventures as a guerrilla gardener, that is, someone who tends someone else's land for harvest.
Katie Salen is a game designer, interactive designer, animator, and design educator. She talks to Anne Strainchamps about what children can learn from designing and playing games.
Robert Marshall says that the late Carlos Castaneda was a literary trickster who invented most of the teachings of Don Juan which made him famous in the sixties.
Janice Galloway has written a novel called “Clara.” It tells the life story of Clara Schumann, the gifted pianist who was the wife of composer Robert Schumann.
Steve Almond has loved football his whole life. But after investigating the violence and social ills that shape football, he explains why he no longer watches his favorite sport.
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