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Using peer pressure for good
Mar 29, 2011
Tina Rosenberg, author of "Join the Club," discusses how peer pressure can be used effectively for social campaigns.
Join the Club
by
Chau Tu
Mar 29, 2011
Title: Join the Club: How Peer Pressure Can Transform the World
Author: Tina Rosenberg
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Type: Non Fiction...
Suze Orman's 'New American Dream'
Mar 18, 2011
The new American Dream means no debt, living below your means and within your needs, and getting the same pleasure out of savings as you do from spending. Personal finance maven Suze Orman explains in an interview with Tess Vigeland.
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In search of 'Moby-Duck'
Mar 7, 2011
Author Donovan Hohn discusses his new book, "Moby-Duck," and lessons learned from his quest to find out what happened to 28,800 bath toys lost at sea in 1992.
Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Mar 1, 2011
Title: Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game
Author: Rob Ruck
Publisher: Beacon Press
Type: Non Fiction
Released...
Spousonomics: Using economics to benefit your marriage
Feb 19, 2011
Can thinking like an economist spruce up your sex life and help get the dirty dishes clean? Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson, authors of "Spousonomics," talk with Tess Vigeland about why treating your marriage like a business partnership might help solve some of your marital issues.
Spousonomics
by
Chau Tu
Feb 18, 2011
Title: Spousonomics: Using Economics to Master Love, Marriage, and Dirty Dishes
Authors: Paula Szuchman and Jenny Anderson
Publisher: Random Ho...
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Why cities are mankind's greatest invention
Feb 17, 2011
Harvard economist Ed Glaeser talks with Kai Ryssdal about his new book, "Triumph of the City," why cities are our greatest invention, and how they are good for the environment as well.
Triumph of the City
Feb 17, 2011
Title: Triumph of the City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes Us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier
Author: Edward Glaeser
Publi...
The new '10 Commandments of Money'
Feb 11, 2011
Tess Vigeland talks to MSN's personal finance columnist Liz Pulliam Weston about the new rules of personal finance she outlines in her book "The 10 Commandments of Money."