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10:00President Obama's Tax Policies

The Obama administration reveals new details of its proposed changes to income tax rates and off-shore shelters. A look at the plans and what they may mean for tax payers and corporations.

Guests

Chuck Marr, Director, Federal Tax Policy at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

William Beach, Director, The Heritage Foundation's Center for Data Analysis

Rosanne Altshuler, Co-director, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist and Economic Policy Adviser for Vice President Biden and Executive Director of the Vice President's Middle Class Task Force.

11:00David Kessler: "The End of Overeating" (Rodale)

Former F-D-A Commissioner David Kessler on why Americans can't seem to stop eating, even when they're full. He talks about how the food industry promotes overeating and ways to fight back.

Guests

David Kessler, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, currently dean and vice chancellor of the University of California--San Francisco School of Medicine, and author of "A Question of Intent"

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