Construction Boomdoggles

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
A Daily News investigation discovered a deadly lack of City oversight during the current building boom. We’ll explore the relationship between the “honor system” for developers in New York City and the deaths of dozens of construction workers. Also, what do we mean by the term “American hegemony”?; America’s origins at Jamestown; and more questions for Time magazine’s Baghdad bureau chief, Bobby Ghosh.

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