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Guian McKee

University of Virginia

Prof. Guian McKee teaches American social policy history and urban history at the University of Virginia. He is the author of the recently published "The Problem of Jobs: Liberalism, Race, and Deindustrialization in Philadelphia." Prof. McKee also works with the Miller Center’s Presidential Recordings Program, to make the 5,000+ hours of recorded presidential meetings from 1940 to 1973 accessible to the public.

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Mary Hansen

American University

As associate professor of Economics at American University, Mary Hansen specializes in labor economy and economic history. She is currently compiling a series of papers examining bankruptcy during the Great Depression. Prof. Hansen often publishes her work in the Journal of Economic History.

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Tony Pugh

McClatchy Newspapers

Tony Pugh has been covering consumer economics with McClatchy Newspapers’ Washington Bureau for more than ten years. He is currently reporting for a McClatchy project called “Fallout on Main Street,” a series of multimedia reports on how the economic crisis is affecting Americans.

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Hedrick Smith

Hedrick Smith Productions

Hedrick Smith is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and an Emmy Award-winning producer/correspondent who has worked with organizations such as The New York Times and PBS. He recently led a Frontline investigation titled “Can You Afford to Retire?” showcasing the American retirement crisis. Throughout his distinguished career, Mr. Smith has covered a wide array of topics including international relations, economic and political scandals such as Enron, terrorism, education, poverty, and health care.

Resources

Inside E Street Archives

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Looking to the Past

We’re joined by two historians to help us put the current economy into perspective. From 1929 to the 1980s, FDR to Obama, the Great Depression to the current recession – Mary Hansen and Guian McKee discuss it all.

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Segments

How has this economic crisis affected individual Americans? Tony Pugh of McClatchy Newspapers has been talking to workers around the country in search of an answer.

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You Gotta Spend Money to Make Money

David Sloane of AARP and Bonner Cohen of the National Center for Public Policy Research debate the role of energy policy in boosting the economy. Are “green jobs” the answer?

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What Can Obama Do?

Hedrick Smith returns with his thoughts on how the new administration can create jobs for Americans 50+.

Sheila

The Host

Through most of her distinguished reporting career, Sheilah Kast has focused on the economy and workplace and how they affect people's lives. Well known to viewers of public television, ABC News, and CNN, she has covered the White House and Congress.

Kast also reported on the Washington aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. Her stories included an investigation of anthrax in the mails and the struggles of bereaved Pentagon families to secure benefits.

At The Washington Star, in her first reporting job, Kast covered financial regulation, taxes, and energy. Her expertise in these important issues eventually led her to start a national public-television show, "This Week in Business," which she hosted in association with Business Week magazine.

Ms. Kast is a skilled interviewer. She has often hosted NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday and has her own current-affairs interview show on public radio in Maryland.

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