The Success of Scandinavian Economies, Why Undocumented Immigrants Still Have a Voice

The Leonard Lopate Show | Aug 11, 2016

George Lakey tells us why Scandinavia boasts some of the world's happiest, well-paid workers in Viking Economics. Political scientist Lauren Wright looks at how that role has changed over the course of our nation’s history in her book, On Behalf of the President. Allison Amend talks about her novel, Enchanted Islands, based on the 1940s memoirs of Frances Conway. Michelle Chen of The Nation explains why even without the vote, immigrants are influencing our democracy.

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