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Wednesday September 13, 2006

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10:00Economic Update

Wages, inflation, the housing market and gas prices are all on the table for discussion in an update on major trends in the U.S. economy and what they mean for you.

Guests

Greg Ip, reporter for the Wall Street Journal

Nell Henderson, economics reporter for the Washington Post

Joel Havemann, economics correspondent for the Washington bureau of the Los Angeles Times

11:00James MacGregor Burns: "Running Alone" (Basic Books)

Historian James MacGregor Burns discusses trends in presidential leadership from JFK to George W. Bush, why it has failed, and how we can fix it.

Guests

James MacGregor Burns, Professor of Government Emeritus at Williams College, a senior scholar at the Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland, and author of Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winning biographies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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