In 1970s but historically very high levels of inequality. Do you agree with that . We can get into measuring nontaxable incomes or health care or pensions and Social Security which have a big impact, a bigger impact than people realized, smaller families, twocareer families and things like that. Lots of households that arent working whether they retired or other reasons, but those things do affect it. Do i think we pass through an era where innovation has been strong like it was back when we were inventing electricity and cars and industrializing the economy and i think some fortunes have been made as a result and perhaps we are not at that level but the nature of the investments have changed because you went from a capital intensive economy that required a lot of investors and savings so they had to share to an Economy Today where it says innovationeconomic and we can go on a long list. And so they can scale without really having to share their value of their innovation. Thats allowed
In 1970s but historically very high levels of inequality. Do you agree with that . We can get into measuring nontaxable incomes or health care or pensions and Social Security which have a big impact, a bigger impact than people realized, smaller families, twocareer families and things like that. Lots of households that arent working whether they retired or other reasons, but those things do affect it. Do i think we pass through an era where innovation has been strong like it was back when we were inventing electricity and cars and industrializing the economy and i think some fortunes have been made as a result and perhaps we are not at that level but the nature of the investments have changed because you went from a capital intensive economy that required a lot of investors and savings so they had to share to an Economy Today where it says innovationeconomic and we can go on a long list. And so they can scale without really having to share their value of their innovation. Thats allowed
When many constituencies in the United States because he is trying to appeal to them that is a positive thing. He is going on in his way to communicate where they are in different types of media. You have to be careful to realize the world has changed in recent years and president obama may have a better understanding of that bennetts critics do. For instance, the next president will have to use the same message he is used to he wont be as adept as it because its good that it played to constituencies that the next president will have to realize this is part of the presidency now going to voters in all her diversity of the country and appealing to them in diverse ways. Host president says spotters. Want to read a couple nuggets from here. Jfk had more influence on clothing fashion and style than any other president and in fact the industry back then based in connecticut was not pleased with the president hapless moments. Richard nixon wasnt responsible for many fats but he did start the
Visit st. Augustine, fla. To speak with local lawyers. Check booktv. Org for complete schedule. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend on booktv. Booktv continues now. Michael bohn looks at 17 International Emergencies faced by president s going back to harry truman and assesses how they were handled. Michael bohn served as director of the white house situation room under president reagan. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] thank you for taking your seats, we will get started in just a moment. Welcome. I am the acting dean of the school of government and International Affairs at George Mason University we are delighted to have Robert Guttman one here to a presentation based on his latest book, and we talked about it, some excellent work. And his experiences as well in the situation room in the white house. On will introduce the director of the center for politics and Foreign Relations and theres a formal introduction for a speaker. I will show y
Moment. Welcome. I am mark rosella the International Affairs here at George Mason University and we are delighted to have mark bone here to do a presentation based on his latest book which i had the pleasure to read in draft form and we talked about it at length. It is excellent work. I am thrilled that he is here to make a presentation based on the research he has done in his six years as does well in the situation room at the white house. I am first going to introduce my colleague, the director of our center for politics and Foreign Relations than he is going to make the formal introduction or speaker. I teach a class on the presidency from jfk to obama, so im going to use this for my next few classes. What i like about this book presidency in crisis from truman to obama is that at the end of each crisis or decisionmaking problem in the white house from truman through obama, he does an assessment which gives it an interesting background. You see what jfk did their in decisionmaking d