7. Search for America - Our National Economy with John Kenneth Galbraith and Paul Samuelson

Huston Smith interviews professor John Kenneth Galbraith of Harvard in professional professor Paul Samuelson of MIT on the American economy how it compares with that of the other nations problems that face is and what should be done about these special attention is given to the question of why enation so rich in things cars homes in TV sets is so poor relatively inservices teachers police social workers mental hospitals In this series, the inquiry turns from descriptive to normative values, from the 'is' to the ‘ought'. Focusing on fifteen crucial problems confronting the American people, from foreign policy decisions to matters of personal faith, it asks: What values should guide us toward the solution of these problems? Featured Personality: Huston Smith, a pioneer in Educational Television, Huston Smith is known to the television public for his two previous series: The Religions of Man and Science and Human Responsibility. For eleven years Professor of Philosophy at Washington University in St. Louis, he moved in 1959 to become the first Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since the early days of that institution. An authority in comparative philosophy, Dr. Smith is the author of The Religions of Man and The Purposes of Higher Education. For more videos featuring Huston Smith, please visit www,HustonSmith.org