The 2007 Ideas Festival, sponsored by the Aspen Institute and Atlantic Magazine gathered scientists, artists, politicians, historians, educators, activists, and other great thinkers for a week in early July. MPR's Midday broadcast several of the presentations.
Considering China
China's booming economy has the world wondering whether the country will rise as the next superpower or if it will collapse under corruption. Journalist James Fallows spent a year in Shanghai, China, and he talked about what he learned from his experience at the Aspen Ideas Festival.
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