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    Despite Rhetorical Gridlock, House Leaders Claim to Want a Deficit Deal

    Oct 28, 2011 12:39 PM EDT

    ... the table -- as much as $3 trillion in spending cuts and new taxes on wealthier households. The GOP response proposed cutting corporate and individual tax rates to spur economic growth and bring in $200 billion in new revenue. They also proposed selling government assets and slashing $1.2 trillion from ...

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    Inequality Hurts: The Unhealthy Side Effects of Economic Disparity

    Sep 28, 2011 10:17 PM EDT

    ... disease are the good and bad effects of where you are in the hierarchy, mediated by the effects of chronic stress. PAUL SOLMAN: We first interviewed British medical researcher Michael Marmot on this program years ago. MICHAEL MARMOT: We see it for heart disease. We see it for some cancers ...

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    The Morning Line: Pawlenty Rolls Out Economic Plan

    Jun 07, 2011 01:38 PM EDT

    ... economic proposals in a speech Tuesday at the University of Chicago. At its core, Pawlenty's policy is geared toward cutting corporate and individual tax rates to help spark economic growth, similar to what President Ronald Reagan saw in the mid-1980s and what President Bill Clinton saw in the ...

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    Paul Solman: In Greece, Underground Economy Fuels Financial Crisis

    Jul 06, 2010 05:49 PM EDT

    ... her fellow French that they stop favoring philosophy over work: "Enough thinking! Roll up your shirtsleeves." And about her blaming Alan Greenspan's low interest rates and the "smart crazies" on Wall Street for causing the economic crisis. But this is a report on our week in Greece, ahead of ...

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    In Greece, Underground Economy Fuels Financial Crisis

    Jul 06, 2010 03:27 PM EDT

    ... her fellow French that they stop favoring philosophy over work: “Enough thinking! Roll up your shirtsleeves.” And about her blaming Alan Greenspan’s low interest rates and the “smart crazies” on Wall St. for causing the economic crisis. But this is a report on our week in Greece, ahead of ...

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    Ray Suarez: Immigration Reform Takes a Number and Gets in Line

    Mar 11, 2010 07:38 PM EDT

    ... to legal status and eventually U.S. citizenship. After years of interviewing people on all sides of the immigration question it looked like a comprehensive bill all right: the path to citizenship spelled out in the bill will infuriate those hostile to relatively open borders, and the security and law ...

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    Dodgers' Vin Scully 'One on One' From the Booth

    Oct 05, 2009 04:00 AM EDT

    After 60 years in the broadcast booth for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Vin Scully says he still gets goose bumps. In an interview with Jeffrey Brown, the hall of famer discusses his first big break, the thrill of baseball, and his "one on one" approach with the fans. ... JIM LEHRER ...

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    At Forum, Bernanke Defends Fed's Aggressive Moves

    Jul 27, 2009 04:00 AM EDT

    At a forum in Kansas City, Mo., Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke discussed the central bank's actions in handling the economic crisis, saying he did not want to be the Fed chief who "presided over the second Great Depression." Here is the full transcript of the forum, which was moderated by Jim Lehrer.

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    One For the Ages

    Nov 05, 2001 05:00 AM EDT

    A day after the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the New York Yankees in a nail-biting game seven of the World Series, Jim Lehrer discusses this most magnificent World Series with sports commentator and author John Feinstein.

  • John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85

    John Madden, Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at 85

    Dec 29, 2021 06:07 PM EDT

    The NFL says Hall of Fame coach turned broadcaster John Madden has died at age 85. Madden's exuberant calls combined with simple explanations provided a weekly soundtrack to NFL games for three decades.