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A New 'Liberal Moment'?
ResumeBut what does that word, tainted by decades of abuse from the right — and center — even mean today? And is the country really ready for a liberal upsurge? Is a progressive majority in the making?
Up next, On Point: America's liberal left, and its hopes for a liberal moment.
-Sheilah Kast
Guests:
Paul Krugman, columnist for The New York Times, professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University, and author of "The Conscience of a Liberal."
Paul Starr, Pulitzer-Prize winning author and co-editor of The American Prospect magazine, he is professor of sociology and public affairs at Princeton University and author of the new book "Freedom's Power: The True Force of Liberalism."
Jean Bethke Elshtain, professor of social and political ethics at the University of Chicago and author of "Just War Against Terror: The Burden of American Power in a Violent World."
This program aired on November 19, 2007.