Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
Treasury Secretary John Snow has described economic inequality as “the new sort of battle line in the political arena.” We talk about recent assessments of economic inequality in America, what–if anything–should be done about it, and the political ramifications.
Guests
- Christian Weller Senior economist at the Center for American Progress
- Greg Ip U.S. economics editor, "The Economist"
- Russell Roberts Research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, and professor of economics at George Mason University
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