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The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family

Joe Donahue — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:10:00 +0000

Liza Mundy joins us to talk about her book, The Richer Sex: How the New Majority of Female Breadwinners Is Transforming Sex, Love and Family.

"After The Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead" by Alan Blinder

Joe Donahue — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:35:00 +0000

Alan Blinder is an esteemed Princeton professor, Wall Street Journal columnist, and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. He has written a major new book on this nation’s most recent financial crisis.

After the Music Stopped: The Financial Crisis, the Response, and the Work Ahead is a comprehensive and coherent narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened, what the government did to fight it, and what we can do from here—mired as we still are in its wreckage.

The Wealth Cure: Putting Money in Its Place

Joe Donahue — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:12:00 +0000

CSI NY star, Hill Harper, looks to guide us through tough times and offers advice for reaping the rewards of a truly happy life.

NY Top Court to Weigh Claim from Investment Loss

Dave Lucas — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:46:06 +0000

New York's top court will consider reinstating the lawsuit filed by French investors who lost $43 million out of $50 million they put in two structured investment vehicles. The investors claim Barclays Bank, Standard & Poor's and two management companies were all complicit in leaving investors holding plummeting securities shortly before the Wall Street collapse. WAMC’s Dave Lucas reports.

VT Hospital Could Close Rehab Unit to Save Money

Pat Bradley — Thu, 31 May 2012 11:42:34 +0000

Officials at the Rutland Regional Medical Center are considering a plan to close the hospital's inpatient rehabilitation unit, one of only three in Vermont. WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley reports…

If the Rutland hospital decides to close its unit, the remaining inpatient units would be at Mount Ascutney Hospital in Windsor or Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington.

Rutland's 12-patient inpatient rehab unit helps patients recover from strokes, head or spinal injuries, joint replacements and some long-term ailments.