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Interview Archives: Economics


Tuesday, August 24, 2004

1:06 pm

THE WISDOM OF CROWDS: WHY THE MANY ARE SMARTER THAN THE FEW AND HOW COLLECTIVE WISDOM SHAPES BUSINESS, ECONOMIES, SOCIETIES, AND NATIONS

James Surowiecki, staff writer at the New Yorker since 2000

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Categories: Cultural StudiesEconomics

Wednesday, December 01, 2004

1:06 pm

THE COMING GENERATIONAL STORM: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICA’S ECONOMIC FUTURE

Scott Burns, personal finance columnist with the Dallas Morning News and nationally syndicated by the Universal Press

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Categories: Economics

Monday, December 20, 2004

1:06 pm

CONFESSIONS OF A TAX COLLECTOR: ONE MAN’S TOUR OF DUTY INSIDE THE IRS

Richard Yancey, worked for twelve years as a revenue officer for the Internal Revenue Service; he is a playwright and novelist

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Categories: Economics

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

1:06 pm

OFF THE BOOKS: THE UNDERGROUND ECONOMY OF THE URBAN POOR

Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh, Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies and Director of Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University

This is a repeat broadcast from Monday, November 27, 2006, 1:06 pm

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Categories: EconomicsPoverty

Tuesday, July 31, 2007

1:06 pm

The Economic Naturalist: In Search Of Explanations For Everyday Enigmas

Robert H. Frank, Professor of Management and Economics at Cornell University

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Categories: Economics

Friday, December 21, 2007

1:06 pm

Infinite Life: Seven Virtues For Living Well

Robert Thurman, Professor at Columbia University, a Scholar, Writer and former Tibetan Buddhist Monk, Director of Tibet House

This is a repeat broadcast from Friday, March 19, 2004, 1:06 pm

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Categories: CommunityEconomicsFamilyGovernmentPolitics

Thursday, January 17, 2008

1:06 pm

Hotel: An American History

A. K. Sandoval-Strausz, Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico

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Categories: ArchitectureAutomotiveBusiness and EconomyCultural StudiesEconomicsHistoryTravel

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

1:06 pm

The Missing Class: Portraits Of The Near Poor In America

Katherine Newman, the Malcolm S. Forbes Calss of 1941 Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University

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Categories: CommunityCultural StudiesEconomicsEducationFamilyGender issuesHealthHealth PolicyPolitics

Friday, February 01, 2008

1:06 pm

Fugitive Denim: A Moving Story Of People And Pants In The Borderless World Of Global Trade

Rachel Louise Snyder, Journalist

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Categories: Business and EconomyConsumer issuesCultural StudiesEconomicsForeign Policy-U.S.Geography

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

1:06 pm

Caught In The Middle: America's Heartland In The Age Of Globalism

Richard C. Longworth, Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Award Winning Foreign Correspondent

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Categories: AgricultureBusiness and EconomyCultural StudiesEconomicsForeign Policy-U.S.GeographyGovernmentHistoryUnited States historyInternational AffairsLabor/worker issuesUrban Planning

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