Secretary of Commerce; the Uber Experience & Theatre of the Oppressed

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 2, 2015

The U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Penny Pritzker, discusses how the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal will affect small businesses. Plus: two executives from Uber talk about the company's place in the changing cab and car service landscape; author and social researcher Wednesday Martin discusses her observations when she lived among the super-wealthy on the Upper East Side; issues from the Theatre of the Oppressed; and a look at how Nassau County awards contracts to private companies for government work.

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