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BrianLehrer.TV: Competing Capitalisms

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Channel: CUNY TV · 2012 · People & Blogs

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The race for the Republican nomination for president is all but over.  Mitt Romney is taking on President Obama, characterizing the president's vision of the US as government-centered.  In reaction, Obama called the Republican vision "thinly-veiled social Darwinism." The political clash illustrates a serious underlying historical competition between public and private sectors to exert influence, a battle taking place in other countries as well. David Rothkopf, the author of "Power Inc., The Epic Rivalry Between Big Business and Government" and editor at large of Foreign Policy Magazine, joins us to take a look at competing capitalisms. Then, Carla L. Peterson, author of "Black Gotham: A Family History of African Americans in Nineteenth Century New York City" talks about BlackGothamArchive.org, a new site devoted to the history of African-Amer
 ican New York. Dan Barasch explains Delancey Underground, a proposed underground park inspired by the High Line. And Yankee legend Jim Bouton joins Brian for a chat in honor of opening day.

Taped: 4-9-2012

Brian Lehrer, the popular host of WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show, hosts an hour-long weekly television program on CUNY TV , where web video meets the issues. 


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