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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, March 30, 2005
  • Social Security Part 8: Private Lessons

    What can we learn from other countries about private accounts as an option for Social Security? The U.K. and Chile both switched to partially private pension accounts, with varying levels of success.

Copy-rights and Copy-Wrongs

Nick Thompson Senior Editor at Legal Affairs says free file sharing is good for small artists and better for the industry overall
» Legal Affairs
and
Dan Glickman President of the Motion Picture Association of America defends the industry position in the supreme court case, MGM v Grokster
» Motion Picture Association of America
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Joe Fleisher Founder of Big Champagne on what exists on filesharing networks
» Big Champagne

Not Your News Director's Israel

David Fisher, Director of the New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television and organizer of the film festival "Homeland Insecurity" opening this week at Two Boots Pioneer Cinema,
- on new documentaries coming out of Israel that offer a view of Israel not found in the evening news
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Michale Boganim, Director of the documentary "Odessa . . . Odessa!" about Ukrainian immigrants living in Brighton Beach and in Israel
and
Suha Arraf, Director of "Good Morning, Jerusalem," documenting the lives of some Palestinians living in Jerusalem
» New Foundation
» Film Festival info

Social Security Part 8: Private Lessons

Truman Packard, World Bank Senior Economist in the Human Development Department of the Latin America and Caribbean region and co-author, Keeping the Promise of Social Security in Latin America {Stanford University Press, 2005),
- on private retirement accounts in Latin America
» World Bank Report
and
Tod Robberson, Europe Bureau Chief for the Dallas Morning News,
- on the UK's experience with private pension accounts
» Dallas Morning News

New York 51: District 41

Tracy Boyland, New York City Councilwoman (D-41) representing parts of Bedford Stuyvesant, Ocean Hill-Brownsville, East Flatbush,
- on life and politics in her Brooklyn district and listeners call in with stories from their neighborhoods
» District 41

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Word from Abroad

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John Burns, London bureau chief for the New York Times, reflects on his work in China, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, and Iraq.

Chief of Technology

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Andrew Rasiej, founder of Personal Democracy Forum, talks about the potential presidential cabinet position of Chief Technology Officer. Who's in your fantasy cabinet? Visit our Fab Cab page and let us know.

Digesting Politics

A weekly podcast with Brian Lehrer and Andrea Bernstein

New Episode Posted November 13
Eavesdrop on Andrea Bernstein and Brian Lehrer, two of the most political savvy minds around, as they eat lunch and break down the week’s political activities.

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