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Spare No Expense

Virginia Postrel, contributing editor for the Atlantic Monthly, discusses the "wealth gap" and the links between income, race and spending habits in America.

Virginia Postrel's Book "The Substance of Style"

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Where It's Due

Alvin Hall, personal finance expert, discusses exactly how credit scores are linked to consumption and the proposed new credit card regulations.

Alvin Hall's MSN Money articles

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Half by '50

G-8 leaders pledged yesterday to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2050. Andrew Revkin, environmental reporter for The New York Times, breaks down the details.

Andrew's Blog Post on the G8 Agreement

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Aspen Ideas: Curtis Wong

Curtis Wong, principal researcher and group manager of Microsoft Next Media Research Group, discusses his latest project, the WorldWide Telescope, and transforming old art forms for the digital age.

See Curtis Wong previewing the World Wide Telescope at this year's TED Conference.

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McCain Update

We get an update on the McCain campaign from Jason Riley, member of The Wall Street Journal editorial board and author of Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders (Gotham, 2008). Also, Michael D. Shear, staff reporter for The Washington Post, joins us from the campaign trail.

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We Exist

Thomas Glave, professor of English at the State University of New York Binghamton, and editor of Our Caribbean: A Gathering of Lesbian and Gay Writing from the Antilles, joins us to talk about homophobia on his home island of Jamaica, the gay community in the Caribbean, and the gay Caribbean community in New York.

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