E-mail a friendDecember 30, 2005
original airdate October 10, 2005
Noted economist and News York Times Op-Ed columnist Paul Krugman talks about rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Country music superstar Clint Black discusses his fund-raising efforts for various causes.
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman
Called 'the Mick Jagger of political/economic punditry,' Paul Krugman is an economist, college professor and Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times. He's a professor at Princeton and has taught at Yale, MIT and Stanford. He's also been a consultant to the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and the U.N. and, during the Reagan administration, served on the Council of Economic Advisers. Krugman has won numerous awards and is the author/editor of 20 books and more than 200 professional journal articles.
Clint Black
Clint Black
Clint Black crafts country music songs that are both artful and commercial. With his '89 debut album, 'Killin' Time,' Black led the genre's rebirth and enjoyed an amazing ride to stardom. By age 13, Black taught himself to play the harmonica and would soon learn guitar and bass. He dropped out of high school to play in his brother's band and progressed to solo gigs, songwriting and an RCA Records contract. Black helped form the Equity Music Group label, which released his new CD, "Drinkin' Songs & Other Logic."