How America’s Coastal Cities Left the Heartland Behind (20:00)

Brian Feldman is a Researcher-Reporter with the Open Markets Program at New America. He previously worked for an education technology company in Cleveland, OH through Venture for America, an entrepreneurship fellowship centered on regional economies.  Many of America’s Midwestern cities are experiencing an economic decline with big employers moving to bigger cities or out of the country. While many believe it to be an issue of deindustrialization and the trends in the free market, it may not be that simple. Brian Feldman says that the problems are actually a result of decisions made by “presidents and lawmakers in both parties, influenced by a handful of economists and legal scholars, quietly altered federal competition policies, antitrust laws, and enforcement measures over a period of 30 years.” So why are many Midwestern cities seeing such heavy economic blows? How have laws affected the growth of the cities? And will they ever return to their former “glory days”?

 

Kids Delaying Gratification (1:13:41)

John Protzko, Ph.D., is a cognitive scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research is focused on the development of intelligence.He received his Ph.D. in Psychological Development and his Master’s in Educational Psychology, both from New York University. Many of us are familiar with the famous Stanford marshmallow experiment, which showed that kids who exercise self-control often have more success in life. What you probably don’t know is that researchers have been doing the same experiment on kids for the past 50 years. The results may surprise you. Children today are actually better at delaying gratification than any generation that has come before them. John Protzko analyzed 50 years’ worth of data on this issue and shares his findings.

 

Jeff Simpson - Screen Cleaning (1:36:56)

Jeff Simpson talks about movies and TV helping you find family-friendly options.