The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government. The 400-Year Saga of NYC Immigration.

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 18, 2016

Benjamin Ginsberg reveals what public employees think of Americans, and how it affects policy, law and life in his book, What Washington Gets Wrong: The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People. Historian Tyler Anbinder looks at how New York, a city that’s currently home to 3 million foreign-born residents, has defined immigration for centuries in his book, City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York. 

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