The Leonard Lopate Show: Underreported: The Great Lakes and the Economy

Underreported: The Great Lakes and the Economy

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Underreported

Major news events throughout the world continue to be largely ignored until they reach tragic proportions. Underreported, a weekly feature on The Leonard Lopate Show, tackles these issues and gives an in-depth look into stories that are often relegated to the back pages.
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Cleaning up the Great Lakes will bring big economic benefits to an area that’s been hit hard by manufacturing job losses, according to John Austin, Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution and director of the Great Lakes Economic Initiative. He tells us more about the strong connection between healthy Great Lakes and a healthy economy.

More about the Great Lakes Economic Initiative

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John Austin

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Chad Harris from Ridgewood

This is bunk. He is crazy if he thinks NAFTA has helped anything. Enslaving people in China so the heads of large companies can make huge bonuses.

Apr. 03 2008 01:34 PM

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