Told the economist that water is the oil of the 21st century and Global Research dot org reports that familiar mega banks and investing powerhouses such as Goldman Sachs j. P. Morgan chase citigroup u. B. S. Deutsche Bank Credit Suisse and others are consolidating their control over water and wealthy tycoon such as the late t. Boone pickens and george h. W. Bush and his family were among those buying thousands of acres of land with aquifers lakes water rights Water Utilities and shares in Water Engineering and Technology Companies all over the world how close are we to nothing coming out of a faucet lets ask the author of chasing water a guide to moving from scarcity to sustainability Brian Richter is president of Sustainable Waters a Global Education service sharing information about. Water scarcity water shortages and information and tools for solving water problems brian welcome thank you very much happy to be with you a citi Group Economist predicts that the water market will eclip
This week on q a, president ial historian Richard Norton smith. He discusses his book an uncommon man the triumph of Herbert Hoover. Richard norton smith, why did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago uncommon man . Its taken actually from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. If you remember Vice President Henry Wallace who was the second of the fdrs game a speech about the common man and wallace from the leftist Center Perspective was projecting in effect the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii, and it wasnt simply to defeat the nazis but to create at home a true democracy a place where the common man would finally come into his own, and hoover approached this from a different place in the political spectrum, and he was in effect making the case for what we might call amerit ameritaucracy. When you get sick you want a doctor, when you go to war you want an able general. You get the picture. The advances in soc
And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. America. Reporting from new york city, i am laura trevelyan. President trp changes course on disbanding the Coronavirus Task force, saying he never knew it was soar pop this comes amid warnings at the outbreak is just beginning in the u. S. And brazil, the out break is th latest threat to neighborhoods plagued by poverty and violence. The president s handling of the crisis provokes an angry reaction. Plus, we look at one of the most polluted parts of california and why people there feel they are rolling back environmental protections. For all of you watching on pbs and around the globewelcome to world news america. President trump has reversed course and will keep the task force in place indefinitely. Aymr. Trump the nation is battling a crisis worse than 9 11 and pearl harbor. Even so, more and more u. S. Meeting the federal guidelines,h h say Coronavirus Infections should be declining for at least two weeks. T
Sachs j. P. Morgan chase citigroup u. B. S. Deutsche Bank Credit Suisse and others are consolidating their control over water and wealthy tycoon such as the late t. Boone pickens and george h. W. Bush and his family were among those buying thousands of acres of land with aquifers lakes water rights Water Utilities and shares in Water Engineering and Technology Companies all over the world how close are we to nothing coming out of a faucet lets ask the author of chasing water a guide to moving from scarcity to sustainability Brian Richter is president of Sustainable Waters a Global Education service sharing information about water scarcity water shortages and information and tools for solving water problems brian welcome thank you very much happy to be with you a citi Group Economist predicts that. A water market will eclipse the oil market there are water hedge funds now and u. B. S. Investment Research Calls water scarcity the defining crisis of the 21st century where here in the usa
Did you call your book that you wrote 35 years ago, uncommon man . Richard its taken actually from the title of a relatively famous hoover speech about the uncommon man. Remember Vice President henry wallace, who was the second of fdrs Vice President s, gave a famous speech in 1942, i believe, maybe 1943, about the century of the common man. And wallace, from a left of center perspective, was projecting the goals and ambitions of the generation that was fighting world war ii. It wasnt enough simply to the nazis, but to create at home a true democracy, a place where the common man would finally come into his own. And hoover approached this from a different place on the political spectrum. He was in effect making the case for what we might call a meritocracy. I should not paraphrase it, but when you get sick, you want an uncommonly skillful doctor. When we go to war, we want an uncommonly able general. You get the picture. The advances in society were brought about not by common, but by