Price of inequality and paul krugman author of the end of this depression now talk about the problems facing the u. S. Economy for about an hour and 45 minutes. Next on book tv. [applause] thanks to the Fashion Institute of technology. Unquestionably the most in the world today. [applause] in addition to being Nobel Laureates i would have to say from the Vantage Point for the economic thinking those would be my finalists. [applause] as you know, weve written a book that pertains to the challenges and circumstance the price of an equality. On behalf of them i thank you for your patronage and. Lets start with paul. Paul, you talked about and this depression now. A lot of people dont believe we could end this now. But Agency Deutsch human beings have to take on this challenge . Something that is recognizably the same kind of animal. We victimize it is the same Technology Still there and skills are still there. Look back to the 1930s and there are a lot of people making the argument that t
We believe every citizen deserves a measure of dignity. We must make the hard choices to reduce the cost of health care. We reject the belief that america must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and invested in the generation that will build its future. We remember the lessons of our past. Twilight years were spent in poverty. A tablet disability had nowhere to turn. We do not believe that freedom is reserved for the lucky or happiness for the few. We recognize that men matter how responsibly we live our lives any one of us at any of our times may face a job loss or a home slipped away in a terrible storm. The commitments we make to each other do not zap our nation, they strengthen us. They do not make us a nation of takers, and a free as to take the risk that make this country great. Redo the free us to take the risks that make this country great. We the people still believe our obligations of americans are not just to ourselves but to all posterity f. We
Among the images that the white house photographer shared the current and former first family leaving air force one and problem showing his artwork and sharing joke with president obama. The Administration Using the official background photos to try to crowd out the images of the president s somewhat embarrassing selfie with the british and danish prime ministers during yesterdays Memorial Service for Nelson Mandela. The president under considerable criticism today for his failure to conduct himself in what some would say would be a dignified manner, just moments after the president had lauded mandela for making him the man he is. I learned of Nelson Mandela inhe struggles taking place in this beautiful land and it stirred something in me. It woke me up to my responsibilities to others and to myself and it set me on an improbable journey that find me here today. And while i will always fall short of mandiba example, he makes me want to be a better man. We are learning more about that k
Here is a little bit from the speaker yesterday. There is all this speculation about these deadlines coming up. I am well aware of the deadlines. We are working with our colleagues to work our way through these issues. I think there is a way to get there. Im going to be continuing to work with my fellow leaders and our members to address those concerns. Right, as september comes to a close in 17 days, we want to hear in this first segment of journal this morning. Thathe different issues are being played out in washington right now, but we want to hear from republicans only, particularly we want to know what you think about a potential Government Shutdown. Do you think it is worth it to defund health care . To think it is worth it to cut spending, or do you think it is not worth the . That is where we are going in this first segment and we will go through more articles that relate to it trade you can see the numbers up there on the screen. Republicans only in this first segment. By the
Is white and the victim is black, it is found to be justified in 17 of the cases. Black victim, justified in 17 . Lack shooter, black shooter, justified homicide 1. 4 . States,tand your ground it is justified only by nine percent. ,here stand your ground laws 70 justified. Nonstandard ground states, only nine percent. Here is the other statistic that had me very angry. That wasbi data provided by paul henderson. When an older white man kills a it is cheatedman it is deemed to the file 49 . Man killsolder black a younger white man, it is seen justifiable nine percent of the time. It is not black people feeling sensitive and victimized as we often hear in these debates. A victim. El like these statistics are galling and troubling and why probably most of your black friends and people who care about black people were so devastated after the Trayvon Martin situation. Thecally we felt like government verdict gave a license to kill black people. A piece about how i had been with a bunch of m