Former Boston Phoenix contributor James Surowiecki -- now the New Yorker's financial columnist -- sat down with BARNEY FRANK in late August to talk about the state of the economy and, somewhat more sexily, about the health-care town-hall debates. ahead to the 13-minute mark This was just a few days after Frank had conducted just such a town-hall in Massachusetts -- which we covered extensively. We hope some of the people who were at that meeting will skip ahead to the 13:30 mark for evidence that Frank was in fact skeptical of what Surowiecki calls the "cult of American home-ownership," which Frank expounds on by referencing the corner of Tremong and Arlington Street.) If the above video peaks your interest (and it should), you can listen to Barney's entire Town Hall meeting by downloading the mp3s below:
