Personal Finance


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Arguing Affirmative Action / What’s the Purpose?
Michael Sandel
November 8, 2009
00:55:00
Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action" Students discuss the issue of affirmative action and college admissions. Is it "just" for schools to consider race and ethnicity as a factor in admissions? Does it violate individual rights?
What’s a Fair Start? / What Do We Deserve?
Michael Sandel
November 1, 2009
Lecture Fifteen: "What's a Fair Start?" John Rawls applied his "veil of ignorance" theory to social and economic equality issues, as well as fair governance.
Hired Guns? / For Sale: Motherhood
Michael Sandel
October 11, 2009
00:55:10
Lecture Nine: "Hired Guns?" During the Civil War, men were conscripted to fight in the war -- but draftees were allowed to pay hired substitutes to fight in their place. Professor Sandel asks students -- was this policy an example of free-market exchange?
This Land is My Land / Consenting Adults
Michael Sandel
October 4, 2009
00:54:58
Lecture Seven: "This Land is My Land" John Locke is both a supporter and detractor from the theory of Libertarianism. Locke argues that in the "state of nature," before any political structure has been established, every human has certain natural rights to life, liberty -- and property.
Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor
Tad Friend
September 30, 2009
New Yorker staff writer Tad Friend as gives us a glimpse of Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor. Tad Friend has an illustrious family tree which also happens to include numerous alcoholics, depressives, and assorted eccentrics.
E.L. Doctorow: Homer & Langley
E.L. Doctorow
September 29, 2009
American novelist E.L. Doctorow talks about his new book, Homer & Langley, with noted publisher and editor Jason Epstein.
The End of (or a New Beginning for?) the American Dream
William Apgar
March 26, 2009
01:19:57
William Apgar, senior advisor for mortgage finance at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Karl Case, professor of economics at Wellesley College, discuss the factors that led us into our current economic morass and explore ideas for charting a course forward.
Maybe It's Not Just About the Money: Exploring the Real Crisis Facing the Arts
Ben Cameron
March 24, 2009
01:42:17
Ben Cameron, a longtime advocate of cultural participation at the national level, shares his views about the opportunities and challenges facing the arts industry.