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10:00Poverty in America

How the recession has cut across race and income levels to push millions more Americans into poverty.

Guests

Douglas Besharov, professor, University of Maryland School of Public Policy; former Welfare Studies scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.

Rex Nutting, Washington bureau chief, MarketWatch

Robert Greenstein, founder and executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

11:00Robert Spector: "The Mom & Pop Store" (Walker & Company)

They are as American as baseball and apple pie. But today, big-box retailers and an uncertain economic climate threaten their existence. A business journalist explains why local mom-and-pop stores are the unsung heroes of the U.S. economy.

Guests

Robert Spector, Author of "The Nordstrom Way," "Amazon.com," and "Category Killers."

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