How Immigrants Affect the Economy; Generation "Me"; Krista Tippett
How Immigrants Affect the Economy
According to a new study by the Public Policy Institute of California, the wave of immigrants into California since 1990 has helped increase wages and job opportunities for native-born workers. Larry and his guest (Steven Camorota, Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies) discuss the results of the report, released on Tuesday, that challenges the common belief that immigrants take jobs from Americans.
Generation "Me"
New research finds that narcissism is on the rise among college students. The study suggests that too much self-esteem building in elementary school may be a root cause. It also points the finger at permissive parenting, and an increasingly materialistic and celebrity-obsessed culture. Larry Mantle talks with the study's lead author, Jean Twenge, Associate Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and author of the book Generation Me: Why Today's Young Americans are Confident, Assertive, Entitled - And More Miserable than Ever Before (Free Press).
Krista Tippett
Krista Tippett is known to the public radio audience as the creator and host of the weekly program Speaking of Faith. Her new book, by the same name, is part autobiography, part thoughts on the issues of the day. It begins with a discussion of the death of "secularization theory" then goes on to reveal Tippett's own intellectual and spiritual formation. Larry talks with Tippett about her life and studies as well as the conversations she has had with other notable scholars about what faith means to us today.