Friday, July 23, 2010
Minnesota Public Radio Stories
Lessons from history for the economic crisis at hand
Best-selling author and economist Carmen Reinhart's book "This Time is Different" looks at financial crises in past centuries to find clues for the future.11:00 a.m.GuestsCarmen Reinhart: Professor of economics and director of the Center for International Economics at the University of Maryland. Co-author of "This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Follies." Former chief economist at Bear Stearns in the 1980's. Former staff, International Monetary Fund.More from MPRPeter Orszag at the Aspen Idea Festival (07/12/2010)Will the financial crisis spell America's decline? (07/07/2010)Rolnick says goodbye to the Fed (07/19/2010)Who's to blame for the financial crisis? (03/24/2009)Resources
The hunt for an AIDS vaccine
Experts gathered this week in Vienna at an international AIDS conference, and there was good news about a vaginal gel that could prevent transmission of the HIV virus. But scientists are still looking for what some have called the Holy Grail of AIDS prevention: a vaccine. Epidemiologist Seth Berkley, founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, speaks at the 2010 Aspen Ideas Festival about the prospects for a vaccine.12:00 p.m.GuestsDr. Seth Berkley: Epidemiologist and founder of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, a global non-profit. Berkley previously held positions at the US Centers for Disease Control, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Carter Center.Laurie Garrett: Senior fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations. Garrett is a science writer who has won both the Pultizer Prize and a Peabody. She is the author of "The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance."More from MPRMinnesota observes national Native HIV/AIDS Day (03/20/2010)New AIDS numbers show need for outreach (01/27/2010)Minnesota HIV/AIDS cases jump 13 percent in 2009 (01/26/2010)AIDS: The Politics of Prevention (01/25/2010)Resources
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