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Knowing when to compromise can be a tricky thing. Paul Krugman thinks that Democrats can compromise on health care but not on bank reform, and he joins us to explain why. Plus: classic New York jobs; handicapping the Oscars; Which Way Home takes on immigration from an immigrant's eye view; and one more Census myth debunked.
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Paul KrugmanKrugman on the Economy
Nobel Prize-winning economist and New York Times op-ed columnist, and the author of The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008, Paul Krugman talks about his most recent column on banking reform and the latest jobs numbers.
City Work
Folklife specialist at the Library of Congress and the author of Lox, Stocks, and Backstage Broadway: Iconic Trades of New York City , Nancy Groce, explores the "occupational folklore" of iconic New York jobs--like Wall Street traders, lox smokers, and graffiti artists--in her new book.
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Oscar Film Series: Which Way Home
Our effort to spotlight some of the lesser-known films nominated for an Academy Award concludes with the film Which Way Home. Director Rebecca Cammisa discusses her HBO documentary.
Going Home With Oscar
The Oscars are on Sunday. Following the week-long Brian Lehrer Show Oscar documentary series, Dana Stevens, film critic for Slate.com, and Manohla Dargis, film critic for The New York Times, preview the main event.
Five Census Myths (Part 5)
William Frey, PhD, demographer and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, shares a new common myth about the US Census each day this week.
Oscar Contest: Your Current Events Movie Titles
We want you to rework the titles of the movies nominated for this year's Academy Awards to make them relevant to current events. For instance:
Up in the Air: Health Care Reform in America
Inglourious Basterds:The Story of the 2010 US Senate
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