1716 The Ivory Tower 4-22-16
Season 12 Episode 10 | 26m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Georgetown University, The Rich and the Poor, Changes to U.S. Currency
On this week's The Ivory Tower: The panelists discuss how Georgetown University might respond to the story that in 1838 it sold 272 slaves it owned in order to pay bills to keep the Jesuit institution afloat. Then the panelists assess a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association correlating how long a person lives with that person’s level of income and where that person resides.
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Ivory Tower is a local public television program presented by WCNY
1716 The Ivory Tower 4-22-16
Season 12 Episode 10 | 26m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
On this week's The Ivory Tower: The panelists discuss how Georgetown University might respond to the story that in 1838 it sold 272 slaves it owned in order to pay bills to keep the Jesuit institution afloat. Then the panelists assess a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association correlating how long a person lives with that person’s level of income and where that person resides.
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