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Whatever else is going on around the world, the economy is always the top issue in a presidential election. Economists joins Diane for a discussion of the indicators which could cast the deciding vote this November.
Henry Aaron, Senior fellow, economic studies, The Brookings Institution.
Kevin Hassett, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute
June 16th marks the day in 1904 on which all of the action in James Joyce's novel "Ulysses" takes place. To commemorate "Bloomsday," Diane and a panel of scholars discuss selected passages from the novel many consider the best and most important of the 20th century.
Coilin Owens, Associate Professor at George Mason University, has published five journal articles on James Joyce's "Dubliners."
Jean McGarry, Chair of the Writing Seminar at Johns Hopkins University, is the author of three collections of short fiction and two novels, "The Courage of Girls" and "Gallagher's Travels."
Christopher Griffin, professor at Strayer University.
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