400 Years Of American Ingenuity

The Leonard Lopate Show | Sep 26, 2017

Bhu Srinivasan joins us to discuss his book, Americana: A 400-Year History of American Capitalism. He traces how American ingenuity has moved the country - and the world - forward in areas like the telegraph, the railroad, guns, the Internet and mobile technology. 

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