Public Policy Institute Poll On May Special Election; Greater Federal Oversight On Financial System; People With Depression Risk Show Early Brain Thinning; The Story Of Walter O'Malley's Dodgers
Public Policy Institute Poll On May Special Election
A survey shows just one of six measures--the one that blocks pay raises for lawmakers during deficit years--has majority support among likely voters. The others, designed to close the budget gap, are likely to fail by wide margins. What will that mean to the financial stability of the state? Larry talks with Dean Bonner, Project Manager for the PPIC Statewide Survey, and Julie Soderlund, spokeswoman for "Budget Reform Now."
Greater Federal Oversight On Financial System
Today Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is expected to announce plans for greater federal authority over the financial system. According to plans, for the first time there would be federal regulation on all trading of financial derivatives and include companies like large hedge funds and major insurers. Uniform standards on financial firms would also be imposed to limit the risk of their activities. Larry Mantle examines what the new regulations mean with Jerry Seib, Wall Street Journal Washington, D.C. executive editor.
People With Depression Risk Show Early Brain Thinning
A new study shows that people with a genetic risk for depression have less brain matter on the right side of the brain compared with people without a family history of the disease. Brains scans found a 28% thinning of the right cortex, the outer layer of brain, in a manner similar to brains affected by Alzheimer's disease. Interestingly, people showing the thinning had no symptoms of depression. Brain scans of people actually diagnosed with depression showed thinning on the left side of the brain as well. Larry Mantle talks about the findings and their implications with the study's author, Dr. Bradley Peterson, director of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center.
The Story Of Walter O'Malley's Dodgers
In "Forever Blue," author Michael D'Antonio outlines Walter O'Malley's controversial decision to move the Dodgers from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1958. In 2007 the O'Malley family opened an archive of 30,000 documents to D'Antonio. With his unprecedented access he paints a portrait of O'Malley, revealing a shrewd politician and business man. Larry talks to author Michael D'Antonio about his book and the legacy that O'Malley left on the game of baseball.