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symbols can be the gateway to the hearts and minds of ancient people. their decipherment is one of the greatest challenges facing archaeologists today. we humans are social animals. our need to communicate is universal. some of our messages can be easily understood. but we communicate, too, through abstract symbols that have meaning only within a particular culture. these symbols take many forms. the flag is a symbol. a gesture says, "we're number one." the uniform is a symbol that identifies the official and the player. the game itself is symbolic -- ritualized combat with clearly d...

4% unemployment also notice lute lute -- full employment of policy he says is abandon the 1970s when concerns about inflation began to take precedence. it's about one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you, joe. i am happy to introduce bob. bob pollin is one of the leading economists in the united states. heterodox economists are the best kind. they are the ones that think outside the narrow box of orthodox economics. bob is a professor of economics at the university of massachusetts and codirector and co-founder of the political economy research institute at umass, a very impo...

important. i don't find it to be as useful as others might, but students m them, and they want them because that's what they are used to. that's what they have all been competing for that, and that is what employers want. frankly, we can get more out of me writing evaluations of them in a more detailed way that talks about the strengths and weaknesses, what they brought to the table, more like a letter of recommendation than a letter grade. >> host: do you find a difference between students who take out student loans or students who have their parents pay for it or have -- >> host: n...

flourished from the third to the ninth century in a far flung collection of city-states. at palenque, tonina, bonampak and other cities, dynastic kings ruled absolutely, controlling trade and tribute. they presided over intricate hierarchies of nobles and officials at courts resplendent with works of art. maya culture, shrouded in a mystery as dense as the forests in which it took root, revealed itself fitfully over three centuries. when the ruins in the jungle were first discovered, there was no way of understanding how the civilization was organized. so it's really through the insc...

in a far flung collection of city-states. at palenque, tonina, bonampak and other cities, dynastic kings ruled absolutely, controlling trade and tribute. they presided over intricate hierarchies of nobles and officials at courts resplendent with works of art. maya culture, shrouded in a mystery as dense as the forests in which it took root, revealed itself fitfully over three centuries. when the ruins in the jungle were first discovered, there was no way of understanding how the civilization was organized. so it's really through the inscriptions that we've been able to identify kings...