History, Evolution and Financial Fiascos

Sig, Kay and Yvonne
at Providence HouseThis week I took a trip to Harvard Business School's Baker Library to see an exhibit on the history of Financial Crises. Then, I spoke with an economist who explained that every time I make a decision about money, I'm thinking like like a hunter-gatherer would about food. Finally, I went to Providence House in Brighton Massachusetts, to talk with some folks who could tell me first hand what it was like to live through the Great Depression.

Segment A: Baker Library exhibit and evolutionary economics.
Broadcast on 2/11/10
10:30



Segment B: Fewer than 1 in every 50 Americans is old enough to remember the Great Depression. In this short audio collage, three residents of Providence House, an assisted living home in Brighton, MA, remember that difficult decade.
2:46



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Also airing on The Neighborhood on 2/11/10:

• "Chronology of Capitalism" from Making Contact and National Radio Project
• Consumer Confidence Explainer from Rachel Ward and NPR's Economics Training Project
• Geekhouse Bicycles from Cathy Corman