American system is special in the way that it limits the government very extremely the only other country like that is the britain and even britain doesnt do it as much as the United States so what we have here is a capitalism that is more or less a fair is more private spoke then anything else which is what the United States has tried to push around the world privatization privatization well now weve come full circle we see how private capitalism works and and im not alone in this it is a disaster the private capitalism did not prepare for the pandemic private capitalism is not able to contain the pandemic we are desperate as we compare ourselves to new zealand to vietnam to egypt and all these countries with this state is given an Important Role they were able to prepare and contain in a way that american capitalism could not what sound would argue that its not the job of private capital in our private enterprises to prepare for the pandemic and that i mean goal is making profit i kn
An Important Role they were able to prepare and contain in a way that american capitalism could not what some would argue that its not the job of private capital in our private enterprises to prepare for the pandemic. That i mean goal is making profit i know that you have. Some concerns about profit making as a motive but some people would say this is a very natural human motivator the humans i guarantee increase their resources they they want to increase their chances of survival its just that the profit should not be defined in very narrow morny terri terms as it is defined in the United States she really be calling for the ad to capitalism rather than lets say redefining the notion of profit. Well you could be defined the notion of profit and you could have the government come in and the private sector say we make profit and you the government do important things like prepare for a vote by reserves that threaten bubbly tell but in american capitalism if you give this much power to t
It is a disaster the private capitalism did not prepare for the pandemic bryden capitalism is not able to contain the pandemic we are desperate as we compare ourselves to new zealand to vietnam to egypt and all these countries with this state is given an Important Role they were able to prepare and contain in a way that american capitalism could not what sound would argue that its not the job of private capital in our private enterprises to prepare for the pandemic and that i mean goal is making profit i know that you have. Some concerns about profit making as a motive but some people would say this is a very natural human motivator the humans i guarantee increase their resources they they want to increase their chances of survival its just that the profit should not be defined in very narrow money terri terms as it is defined in the United States she really be calling for the ad to capitalism rather than lets say redefining the notion of profit. Well you could be defined the notion of
Fellow for International Studies here at stanford. Going to discuss the brandnew booking see the title on their slide on your screen, the button the Nuclear Arms Race for president ial power which puts readers on the frontline of Nuclear History and offers policy prescription for a safer future. As many of you know he served as a 19th u. S. Secretary of defense nick Clinton Administration defense policy armscontrol and along undistinguished history at stanford he is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution as well part he was the codirector of the center for International Securities in 1998 to 1993 and completed both his bachelors and masters degree in mathematics here at stanford which is particular impressive to me because i did not get into stanford either as an undergraduate or graduate. Hes now the michael and barbara emerita at stanford. Its great we can see you today, we also are thrilled to have his coauthor here. So tom is a director is 30 years of washington d. C. Experienci
Chair lowey i will say good morning again. I call this meeting of the committee on appropriations to order. Before we begin, house rules require me to remind you that we have set up an email address to which members could send anything they wish to submit in writing. That email address has been provided to your staff. Our first order of Business Today is consideration of the department of defense appropriations bill for fiscal year 2021. I will not recognize to present the bill. Thank you, madam chairwoman. Before i begin my remarks, i reluctantly have to acknowledge this will be my final Opening Statement before the House Appropriations committee. I have no new revelations to make but for those of you who will remain on this committee, there are a few things i would like to say. Him saying them as someone who is so compulsive, he saved the congressional record on the day he was appointed to this committee after years of efforts, which makes mr. Rogers, my good friend, the only person