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Reports of corporate layoffs and rising unemployment rates are making headlines, but at the same time the stock market is up and so is the government surplus. A panel talks about how all these often contradictory economic indicators are affecting American consumers.
George Hager, business reporter for USA Today
Delos Smith, senior economist with the Conference Board
Chris Carroll, associate professor of economics at John Hopkins University
In the 60's and 70's, the "women's movement" created Ms. Magazine, NOW, and other organizations that seemed to define feminism. But every new generation of women must re-define feminism for themselves. Activists and writers Amy Richards and Jennifer Baumgardner talk about the interests of today's young women in their new book.
Jennifer Richards, Author
Amy Baumgardner, Author
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