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A Founding Contradiction

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." Those words, penned by Thomas Jefferson 246 years ago, continue to inspire many Americans. And yet they were written by a man who owned hundreds of enslaved people, and fathered six children by an enslaved woman. This week, as the United States marks Independence Day, Hidden Brain revisits a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed. They talk about the contradictions in Jefferson's life — and how those contradictions resonate in our own lives.see more
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A Founding Contradiction

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." Those words, penned by Thomas Jefferson 246 years ago, continue to inspire many Americans. And yet they were written by a man who owned hundreds of enslaved people, and fathered six children by an enslaved woman. This week, as the United States marks Independence Day, Hidden Brain revisits a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed. They talk about the contradictions in Jefferson's life — and how those contradictions resonate in our own lives.see more
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Europe's Debt Crisis

Michael Krasny
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European leaders are expected to release a plan this weekend to address their growing sovereign debt crisis, but German officials on Monday put a damper on hopes for a quick fix. What should be done about the crisis, and how vulnerable is the U.S. economy?

Guests:

Dan McCrum, U.S. investment correspondent for the Financial Times

James Galbraith, Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. chair in government / business relations and professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin's Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs

Michael Mandel, chief economic strategist at the Progressive Policy Institute, a centrist Democratic think tank, and former chief economist for BusinessWeek

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