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10:00The Economy and Pensions

Diane and her guests discuss what the financial crisis means for retirement accounts, including pressures on employers, workers, and retirees.

Guests

David Wessel, economics editor, The Wall Street Journal

Mark Iwry, a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Principal of the Retirement Security Project, Research Professor at Georgetown University, and former Benefits Tax Counsel at the U.S. Treasury Dept. from 1995-2001.

Karen Friedman, policy director, Pension Rights Center

James Klein, president, American Benefits Council

11:00Ariel Sabar: "My Father's Paradise" (Algonquin)

In two-thousand-five a son traveled to conflict-ridden Iraq, hoping to understand his father's past as a Jew in Kurdistan. It's the story of a disappearing way of life and an ancient language on the verge of extinction. It's also a son's story of reconciliation with his father

Guests

Ariel Sabar, Ariel Sabar is an award-winning former staff writer for "The Baltimore Sun" and the "Providence Journal."

Yona Sabar, Professor of Hebrew and Aramaic at UCLA's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures.

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