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A Presidents Day Research Quest; Police Reporter Roundtable; Kids + Money

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 16, 2015

In the third part of our series on kids and money, New York Times "Your Money" columnist Ron Lieber discusses allowance, chores and when kids should work for pocket money. Plus: a police reporter roundtable; a look at how the conversation in New York around inequality is influencing discourse across the nation; a call-in on what you've learned about an obscure US president; and the filmmaker Charlie Siskel on his new Oscar-nominated documentary "Finding Vivian Maier."

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