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First aired on Q 02/08/10 runs [17:38]

From hamburgers to hip-hip to Hollywood, American culture has become a dominant force on the planet. Now, a new book explores another cultural export, perhaps with more sinister implications. In Crazy Like Us: The Globalization of the American Psyche, Ethan Watters explores how other cultures confront mental illness, and argues that the spread of American culture poses a threat to our understanding of the human psyche.
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First aired on The Current 02/01/10 runs [22:18]

A conversation with Raj Patel about his new book The Value of Nothing. In it, he argues that free markets are failing us and that as a result, the relationship between price and value has been broken.

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First aired on Q 01/27/10 runs [16:20]

Terry Teachout talks about Pops, his acclaimed biography of jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong.

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