6 segments
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Public and Private Unions 22 min
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Non-Manhattan Commuting 13 min
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World on the Edge 13 min
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Unrest in the Petrol States 18 min
Public worker unions are under pressure as states try to balance their budgets. Dean Baker and E.J. McMahon debate whether they’re the root of the fiscal problems. Plus: if the U.S. doesn’t use Libyan oil, why are prices high at the gas pump? Environmentalist Lester Brown on his concerns for an imminent “global food bubble”; and film critics Dana Stevens and Matt Zoller Seitz talk about the changing nature of documentary films ahead of the Oscars.