Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Whether they're starting kindergarten or college, students today are less interested in pencils and books than in cellphones and laptops. We'll look at the hot tech items on this year's back-to-school shopping list.

We examine who a "global economy" helps and who it destroys. Kojo talks with a journalist who got a unique look at the faces of poverty from Mexico to Malawi -- based on seven-plus years of interviews in ghettos worldwide. And learned...