Tracking Cash For Clunkers

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 1, 2010
Instead of thinking about the US according to geography, the Patchwork Nation project groups counties in all 50 states into community types based on similarities in culture and local economy. Project director Dante Chinni discusses how Cash For Clunkers played out differently in the community types, from "monied 'burbs" to "evangelical epicenters," and everything in between.

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