Understanding Today’s Puzzling U.S. Economy
Inflation is high. The GDP has shrunk. But the job market has never been better. The Washington Post's Damian Paletta helps make sense of the U.S. economy today.
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of launch of Sputnik I and the beginning of the cold war space race. An historian describes how the man behind Nazi Germany’s V-1 and V-2 rockets eventually led the American program to bring the U.S. up to par with the Soviet Union in space exploration.
Guests
- Michael Nuefeld Chair of the Space History Division of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum and author of "The Rocket and the Reich."
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