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The Brian Lehrer Show / February 03, 2004

The Brian Lehrer Show

Tuesday, February 03, 2004
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  • Cash Flow

    We all worry about money, and most of us would like more of it. Some simple measures like bringing lunches to work, paying for items in cash rather than on credit, and distinguishing between "needs" and "wants" can keep a bank account healthy. Plus, New York turns to tourism-related jobs, South Carolina preview, Arianna Huffington and what special interests gave how much to which candidates?

    "It’s gotten to the point where I feel as if some couples want to set up a cash register at their wedding and you just hand them over your credit card so they can debit it."
    --Michelle Singletary on expensive weddings

Follow the Money

Charles Lewis founder and executive director of the Center for Public Integrity and author, The Buying of the President 2004: Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers--and What They Expect in Return (HarperCollins, 2004) explains where the candidates for president got their campaign cash

From the Assembly Line to the Circle Line

James Parrott Chief Economist and Deputy Director of the Fiscal Policy Institute
and
Kathryn WyldePresident and C.E.O. of the Partnership for New York City
debate whether tourism is a replacement for manufacturing in New York City

Repeat After Me

Michelle Singletary Writes "The Color of Money," a column on personal finance, for the Washington Post and author, Money Mantras for a Richer Life: How To Live Well With the Money You Have(Random House, 2004) shares her rules for sound personal finance

Sweet Carolina

Lee Bandy Political Writer, The State
, daily newspaper, Columbia SC on the South Carolina Primary

Huffing and Puffing

Arianna Huffington commentator, columnist and author, Pigs at the Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political Corruption are Undermining America(Crown,2003)discusses the current political landscape

A person dressed as a bear to represent a bear market performs outside the New York Stock Exchange on October 6, 200 in New York. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years.

Uncommon Indicators

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The Brian Lehrer Show wants to hear how the economy is affecting the little things in your daily life. Share your stories and photos of the downturn.

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Ray Young, General Motors Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Rocky Road Ahead

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Ray Young, the chief financial officer of General Motors, talks about GM’s bankruptcy.

Then, Damon Lester, president of the National Association of Minority Automobile Dealers, and Greg Williams, former owner of the recently closed Huntington Chevrolet in Huntington Station, NY., discusses the effect GM’s bankruptcy has had on dealerships and their employees.

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Tweet If You Use Twitter

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Farhad Manjoo, Slate's technology columnist and the author of True Enough: Learning To Live in a Post-Fact Society talks about what Twitter means and how different groups use it.

What's your take on Twitter? How do you use it? Comment below!

(<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexerde/80417539/">alexerde</a>/flickr)

Don't Say That, Literally

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John Flansburgh of the band They Might Be Giants discusses the running list the band keeps of "things we can no longer say." (a few examples: "my bad" "don't go there" "one hundred and ten percent" and "voted off the island")

What would be on your list of banned words or phrases? Comment below!

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From Denmark with Love

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Jesper Grunwald, senior managing editor with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation, talks about the Danish economy, biking to work, and why the Danes are allegedly the happiest people in the world.

Judge Sotomayor

Squatting, Then and Now

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As former squats in the East Village make the transition to coops, making homes from abandoned housing is again an issue. Andrew Reicher executive director of Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, Frank Morales an Episcopal priest involved in East Village/Lower East Side squatting and homelessness activism since the late '70s, and Rob Robinson, a leader of the Housing Campaign of Picture the Homeless, discuss the return of squatting.

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