exclusive interview. then we ll go on a tour around the world with a global panel. neil ferguson, mubani and khanfar. also, how in the world did one of the world s greatest sellers in the global bazaar lose its mojo? i ll explain. but first, here s my take. president obama spoke forcefully in his state of the union about the importance of reviving manufacturing in america. if you talk with economists, they ll tell you it s a very complex problem. involving taxes, trade, regulatory policy, exchange rates, educational skills. it is all of those things. but when you move from high-level policy to specific cases, you ll often find one element that is rarely talked about, a government s role in boosting its domestic manufactur manufacturers. in a front-page story last week, the new york times detailed how apple s iphone ended up being made outside america. the times wrote about the apple executives who visited a factory in china to see if it could cut the glass precisely f
it happened, and i ll explain. next, more than 60% of the vote in egypt this week went to islamists. how worried should we be? then, is shale gas the answer to all america s troubles, or at least to many of them? you ve heard about fracking, what is it, is it safe? find out. first, here s my take. president obama gave an important speech in kansas last week. whether you agree with all of it or not, he has begun a national conversation about the economy and the role of government. that s what this election should be about. and in presenting his view, obama shifted the economic conversation from deficits alone to the crucial issue of growth. after all, deficits matter because they could have a harmful effect on growth. so the question we should all ask is what would make this economy grow. what has stopped it from growing over the last few years, indeed over much of the last decade? one theory heard a lot these days is that the economy is burdened by excessive governmen
there a big, new chill in relations between russia and the u.s.? it s all about one man. i ll explain. next up, where does innovation come from? we ll ask the man who totally reinvented a household appliance you use every week or at least you should. then a look at jobs, inequality, and the economy with the nobel prize-winning economist michael spence. think you can solve the euro crisis? we ll tell you how you can try. first, here s my take. this is thanksgiving week in america, and it s a time we re meant to be thankful. except no one is feeling particularly grateful because we are in a deep funk. the united states seems to have stopped working. discussion of dysfunction and decline now dominate the national conversation. so i thought i would try to bring a note of optimism to the thanksgiving table. every time i turn on the tv, i hear some politician talk about how europe s woes should be a warning and that we re next. this is a fundamental mistake. the united stat
who has proven prescient in predicting political change. then, what was andres breivik thinking? the oslo killer was in court this week. we ll analyze what he said next. and can europe survive? can the euro survive? should the u.s. government slash its budgets the way european governments are? i was in london earlier this week and sat down with a star-studded panel to sort things out. but first, here s my take. watching the apec summit in hawaii last week, i had a feeling we were entering a new phase of global geopolitics. for decades now, those summits have been occasions for asian countries to worry about and wonder about the u.s. commitment to asia, how strong is it, whom does washington back, will we stay engaged. the obama administration has made clear that america is in asia for good and might increase its presence in the region. but the real concerns are no longer about washington but rather about beijing. countries in asia and around the world are wondering and wor
the french philosopher who was responsible for getting france and perhaps the world to intervene there. he s just back from tripoli. then as another baseball season comes to a close in america, we sit down with michael lewis, the author of moneyball, to talk about baseball and its lessons for business and life. but first, here s my take. regular gps watchers will know that i was in tehran last week to interview president mahmoud ahmadinejad. you can go to our website and watch excerpts of the interview. but being in iran made me think it abouot our policy toward that country which strikes me as being stuck in a time warp. you will remember that early in the 2008 presidential campaign, barack obama signaled that he was going to have a different foreign policy than george bush, less black and white. and he chose as his example, iran. he argued that simply pressuring the country was not a policy, and obama offered to talk to iran s leaders to try to establish a dialogue a