America’s Collision Course With The Debt Ceiling
As the nation counts down to default, Diane talks to longtime Congress watcher Norm Ornstein about the debt limit negotiations, what's at stake and whether he sees a way forward.
Craftsmanship today can be more than just ‘skilled manual labor.’ A sociologist explains how computer programmers, artists, parents and citizens all are craftsmen in their own right. How doing a job well for its own sake gives everyone the potential to be a craftsman
Guests
- Richard Sennett Professor of sociology at New York University and at the London School of Economics. Previous books include "The Corrosion of Character," "The Fall of Public Man," "Respect in a World of Inequality," and "The Culture of New Capitalism."
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