DNA
the genetic code that defines our bodies and our lives has
been the focus of Dr. Francis Collins work. As head of the
Human Genome Project at the National Institutes of Health
and as an internationally renowned scientist, Dr. Collins
and his team successfully mapped the entire human genome.
Francis Collins is a Christian of great religious faith and
the author of the best selling book entitled “The Language
of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief.”
"Causes
and Consequences of the Global Economic Collapse"
Martin
Wolf, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator,
Financial Times
Conversations
with History
Wolf
discusses its global origins focusing on the interplay between
surplus countries such as China and debtor countries such
as the United States. He evaluates the response of America's
political and financial leaders. Wolf defines a course of
action for the Obama administration and offers a formula
for the revitalization of global economic institutions such
as the International Monetary Fund. He speculates on the
future of capitalism and assesses the role of politics in
preventing the stabilization of the global economy.
Conversations
host Harry Kreisler welcomes Pulitzer Prize winning historian
David M. Kennedy for a discussion of what is to be learned
from The Great Depression. Professor Kennedy, author of
Freedom From Fear, The American People in Depression and
War, 1929-1945, analyzes the genius of Roosevelt's leadership,
the tragedy of Herbert Hoover, the relationshp between FDR's
short term goals to deal with the economy and his long term
goals to establish a new political coalition and create
institutions to stabilize American capitalism and more equitably
distribute its resources. Professor Kennedy goes on to draw
parallels wtih the current global economic crisis and the
lessons that the Obama administration could learn from the
New Deal.
The formal laws constituting freedom of expression in democratic societies are only the tip of the iceberg of unwritten agreements between citizens about what they can express publicly in one context or another, says G?ran Rosenberg.
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