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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2004 at 11:00 AM EDT
How to Make the World A Better Place

It’s graduation season, and all over America, members of the class of 2004 are getting advice from all sorts of keynote speakers about how to make the world a better place.

But to New York writer Daniel Akst, most commencement addresses are way off base. In this radio diary, he says the key to saving the world is to go out and make a pile of money.

Guests:

Daniel Akst is a novelist and business columnist. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley.

 
 

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