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10:00Impact of Free Trade on American Workers

Diane and her guests talk about growing concern among some economists about the effects of economic globalization on U.S. workers, and what -- if anything -- to do about it.

Guests

Alan S. Blinder, professor of economics at Princeton University

Fred Bergsten, director of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics

Jeff Faux, founding president, distinguished fellow, Economic Policy Institute

11:00Robert Goolrick: "The End Of The World As We Know It" (Algonquin)

The painful memoir of a boy growing up in the South in the 1950s and how his father's abuse, and his mother's indifference, led him to drinking, cutting and an attempt to take his own life.

Guests

Robert Goolrick, worked in advertising for many years. This is his first book.

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