Host Rachel Louise martin the story you tell in your new book, a most tolerant little town, centers around clinton tennessee in the 1950s. Where is that and describe what it was like . Guest clinton is right on t appalachia. Tains that make it is about an hour north of knoxville and it is right on the gateway to coal mining country. Host if you and i were there in the 1950s what kind of a community would we find . Guest it was an interesting place in the 50s. It was very mixed up about itself. On one hand it was a small rural southern appalachian town full of coal miners and farmers and local business people. But it was also 7 miles from oak ridge, which was a secret city built as part of the Manhattan Project that built the first atom bomb and it was also about seven miles from nora stamm. Norris dam. So while it was isolated and small it was also very connected. In 1956 it was the sort of place that oak president ial candidates felt like they had to go and Campaign Even though there
America about the waverley Train Derailment and and im sorry about a Train Derailment in waverly, tennessee dr. Ali is a cardiology and former president of the vanderbilt history of medicine society. She graduated summa cum laude from Vanderbilt Universitys college arts and science with a bachelors degree in molecular biology and and then she attended Vanderbilt School of medicine and she still lives near waverly, tennessee. So in turn the floor over to her, dr. Ellie, thank you. My reading is from the introduction to the book but the end after the taylor is of metal and machine have had their turn. We always eventually find that what it down to is the people involved the people who lived the people died, the people who endured with uncommon bravery, who cleaned the mess and who were to deal with the aftermath and all that entailed. This book, a true story told to me directly from the mouths of these very people, the ones who were there and lived it firsthand, who emerged from the wrec
If i waited for dad to get that ax sharpened. audience laughter you know, that wood is pretty green too. Actually to be logical about this, a fella would be smart to let that wood dry out for a few weeks. Dont you think mom . I mean to be perfectly logical. audience laughter dont you think so mom . Margaret oh hello, mrs. Watkins . Oh this is margaret anderson. Oh, well fine. Say, is that fella you were talking about still over at your place . Well the one who was cutting up all your firewood. Well if hes as good a worker as you say he his, id like to hire him. Would you do that . audience laughter thank you mrs. Watkins. Goodbye. Bud say mom, i was going to cut up that firewood. Margaret but when . Its been two weeks since weve had our trees topped. And how much firewood have you chopped . One skinny little branch. Bud it wasnt so skinny. Margaret you just stall around, never finish anything. Well how do you expect to win if you wont even write a speech . Bud well, my pencil broke. au
Example, nephews your job and have to make those decisions to go to college to pay my debt theyre all these defense that could be interacted. Satisfied to have the financial distrust with those outcomes. You bring up a very good point so there is a social cost called misallocation that allows the highcost debt does not reflect the true cost of the goods or services therefore they may consume even if it doesnt provide a benefit and like Health Insurance we dont think the cancer patient will over consume metal care but we dont want that highrisk auto driver to continue driving. But there it is a real risk of misallocation to the credit markets because the interestrate tells them something than maybe they should not take on the debt. And with the discrimination point so the a. D. It is refusing to allow employers can harm the minorities is certainly not unique to credit reports. Another one of my colleagues in virginia with a Public Policy department shows it is happening that if u. S. Re
Thats brass. Its gold you know it might not be a bad idea to build a trophy case at that. At least itd be a place to store all that stuff. Hey yeah dad, lets build one. Youve got a cup or somethin you could chuck in, dont ya . A cup . Im loaded ive got two golf cups. And an old cigar box full of basketball and track medals. And dont forget my biggest triumph a thirdplace ribbon in the State High School bookkeeping contest laughter oh, thrill, that should be in a special case all by itself. Right about here dont ya think . Oh, no, i dont want any old homemade furniture in my living room lets put it in the basement, make that a trophy room. Yeah hey you know what we oughtta do . We oughtta make a list of everything weve won so well know how big to build the case. No wait, dad im just going out to get the newspaper. Really mom well i have to start dinner. Okay well do yours first then, so you can leave. Now then, how many medals and stuff have you won . Who me . I havent won any medals. O