Hedge funds have traditionally been the province of big investors who like to take big risks. But now they're marketing their services to average Joes who make as little as $40,000 a year. Are they playing games with money that should really be in safer places? Also on the show: human shields head for Iraq and minority parents worry about changes in New York City schools.
Tri-color Trepidation
Andrew Visconti, US correspondent for L'Espresso , an Italian newsmagazine, on the state of Italy’s support for the war and Jerome Reilly, news reporter for the Sunday Independent in Ireland, on Ireland fearing Saddam over Bush
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Bush?
Listeners say who they believe is the bigger threat to world order.
Resolved: New York City Is Split on the War
Robert Jackson, New York City Council (D-Dist. 7, West & Central Harlem, Washington & Morningside Heights, Inwood), on why a resolution to declare opposition to the war hasn't gotten much support from councilmembers
The Martyr System
Torben Franck, spokesperson for Human Shield Action, on the more than one hundred human shields in Iraq
Hedge Your Bets
Christian Baha, chief executive of Quadriga investments and Robert Clow, mergers and acquisitions editor for the Financial Times, on more affordable hedge funds
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