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Monday February 4, 2008

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Week of February 4, 2008

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10:00Sovereign Wealth

Recent news of Asian and oil rich nations coming to the rescue of several large U.S. financial institutions are raising new questions about national security in a global economy. Guest host Frank Sesno leads a discussion about sovereign wealth and its impact on international finance.

Guests

Robert Kimmitt, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

Fred Bergsten, director of the Peter G. Peterson Institute for International Economics

James Fallows, writer for the "Atlantic Monthly"

Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA),

11:00John Edgar Wideman: "Fanon" (Houghton Mifflin)

In his first novel in 10 years, John Edgar Wideman weaves fiction, biography, and memoir to evoke the life and message of French philosopher, psychiatrist, and political activist Frantz Fannon.

Guests

John Edgar Wideman, author of more than eighteen works of fiction and nonfiction, including the award-winning "Brothers and Keepers," "Philadelphia Fire," and most recently the story collection, "God's Gym." He is the Asa Messer Professor of Africana Studies and English at Brown University.

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