We check the impact of the what’s being called the world’s largest Ponzi Scheme. Susannah Sirkin, is deputy director at the Boston-based international organization, Physicians for Human Rights. The group is meeting right now to figure out who they’ll have to layoff. We then turn to Jesse Eisenger, senior writer and Wall Street columnist for Conde Nast Portfolio.
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Author Michael Trinklein’s maps of states that have been proposed over the years, but which never made it onto the official map of the United States.
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The DIY movement is moving mainstream. Check out projects ranging from swimming pools made from dumpsters and bicycles built from bamboo.
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