7 February 2023
Mario Cuomo (Why Lincoln Matters; Reason To Believe) and Paul Krugman (The New York Times, The Conscience of a Liberal)
- A short history of the middle class . 00:00
- Was Bill Clinton a real liberal? . 03:01
- American liberalism from Lincoln to Pelosi . 09:43
- Fighting economic inequality . 17:25
- The health-care travesty . 27:57
- Is there a guns-butter tradeoff? . 33:55
Recorded:Oct 26
Posted:Oct 30, 2007
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Bloggingheads.tv | Oct 30, 2007 | Mario Cuomo & Paul Krugman
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