Ask the Mayor; The Big Bank Overseer; #TRussia Investigation Updates; Income Mobility

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 29, 2018
  • Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, takes calls from listeners and discusses this week in NYC.
  • Before he retires in June, William Dudley, outgoing president of the New York Federal Reserve, talks about the role of the New York Federal Reserve, the state of big bank oversight and the impact of growing protectionism on the economy. 
  • Mark Mazzetti, Washington investigations editor for the New York Times, brings the latest from the Russia investigations.
  • Emily Badger, writer covering cities and urban policy for The Upshot, and Ibram X. Kendi, history and international relations professor and director of The Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University,  discuss a new study of income inequality and what it tells us about differences in opportunity across races and genders.
 

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