We continue the conversation on the president s. Well hear from historians and book contributors. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the night studio and another edition of inside media. Im the senior director of programs here at the museum, john maynard. With the 2020 election filling our news feed, what better time to look back at the history of the presidency and to examine the character and the dignity of the men that have been in the office. We dive in deep today. We rank the best and the worst chief check tiexecutives. In just a moment you will hear from susan swane. Coceo of cspan who will discuss how the book came together. Following her presentation i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lamb, the founding ceo who over the course of many years conducted interviews with president ial historians. In addition were joined today by historians ken acraman and ken stewart. So at this time please welcome susan swane. We run it, it is almost as hold as cspan
[applause] good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the newseums night tv studio and another addition of inside media. I am the director of programs here at the museum. As the 2020 residential election rapidly starts to invade our daily newspaper, and with joe bidens announcement fueling the fire this week, what better time to look back at the history of the presidency and to examine the character and dignity of the men who has held office . We dive in deep to that topic today as we discussed the new cspan book, the president s, ranking americas best and worst chief executives. The title tells it all and just a moment, you will hear from susan swain, the coceo of cspan who will discuss how the book came together. Based on its historians survey of president ial leadership. Following susans presentation, i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lamb, founding ceo and chairman of cspan, who over the course of many years conducted the interviews with president ial hi
[applause]. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen and welcome to the newseums night tv studio and another edition of inside media. I am the director of programs here at the museum. As the 2020 residential election rapidly starts to invade our daily newsfeed, and with joe bidens announcement fueling the fire this week, what better time to look back at the history of the presidency and to examine the character and dignity of the men who have held the office . We dive in deep to that topic today, as we discuss the new cspan book, the president s, noted historians rank americas best and worst chief executives. The title tells it all and just a moment, you will be hearing from susan swain, the coceo of , who will discuss how the book came together based on its historians survey of leadership. Following susans presentation, i have the distinct privilege of speaking with brian lamb, founding ceo and chairman of cspan, who over the course of many years conducted the , interviews with president
Earlier. He called them the turbulent years. The years that gave rise to the cio and all of the organizing and mieverything we saw then. They werent years of upheaval, organization and progress so much as a big turnabout. A way in which the american working class suddenly took a turn to a different stage in its existence where we could say that from the 30s to the 70s was an experience of almost unbroken progress and expanding rights for workers. But in the years between 1968 and 1988, a lot of that turned around. So turnabout years. I want to start with three stories that help locate whats going on in this period. Then talk a bit about whats happening to the economy. Talk about Public Sector workers in the period and the physical austerity they faced and conclude with barometers of whats happening to working class america by the end of this period. So to begin, let me start with three stories. Im going to locate these in 1977. So roughly about halfway into the period that were talking
Wrote about the 1930s. He called them the turbulent years. The years of militancy and organizing we saw. These years were equally important to shaping 20th century working america, but in a different way. They were not years of upheaval, organization, and progress, so much as a big turnabout. A way in which the working american class took a turn to a different stage in its existence. We could say that from the 1930s to the 1970s was an experience of unbroken promise and expanding rights for workers. In the years between 1968 and 1988, a lot of that turned around. So, turnabout years. I want to start with three stories that help locate what is going on in this period, and talk about whats going on with the economy. Talking about publicsector workers in the period, what they faced, and then conclude with some barometers of whats happening to workingclass america by the end of this period. To begin, let me start with three stories. I am going to locate these in 1977. Roughly about halfway