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Inside OC With Rick Reiff
Prairie Economist
Season 10
Episode 14
He's a dirt-poor farm boy who became a Nobel Prize winner. Now the Koch Foundation has pledged $15 million to a school in his honor. Chapman University economics professor Vernon Smith discusses economic and life lessons.
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A new gas tax to fix California's crumbling roads has angered taxpayer groups.

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Controversies abound in the Orange County DA's office, fueling an election challenge.

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Speaker, Mayor... Governor?: Antonio Villaraigosa wants to be governor.

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Nearly 300 teachers are being laid off in Santa Ana.

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Former engineer provides low-cost wheelchairs to poor people across the globe.

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The discussion with trial lawyer Wylie Aitken continues.

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Former star quarterback Todd Marinovich continues discussing his rise, fall and redemption

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The OC jail informant scandal and dispute in the Anaheim school system.

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A candid Marinovich discusses his rise, fall and redemption.

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Hillary Clinton carried Orange County and Democrats are targeting Congressional districts.

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Why neither Democrats nor Republicans can solve California's mounting problems.

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Examine the impacts of gangs and immigration, and problems with rehabilitation programs.