i m a teenager. don had a jury think of african-american teenager, they supposed to be cussing. i did not even curse don. i didn t show him a lot of respect because it s ridiculous questions back and forth, back and forth, but i kept my ground. i stand strong. i never curse. i know the first day was, oh, my god, i can t deal with him no more, but i still held on to him. you not going to break me. me went through so much. you think you going to break me now? i m going after you but the nice way. you can watch the rest of
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right that they face short term challenges. in the long term, many of them will change. they have to think about both things at the same time. let me just say, annie, especially since you focus on the economy. there is the economic piece and not just business interests and high skill laborers. don freedman has an interesting analysis. he makes the point, i think a lot of folks don t know this, 40 cents of every one dollar of mexican exports are materials made in the u.s.a. compared to 4% from china. we can keep building fences between the u.s. and mexico, but actually a much more substantive economically profitable future for the u.s. doesn t involve having a 40 foot metal fence but figuring out a symbiotic relationship with the mexican government and mexican people. right. this is hard. immigration reform is going to
israel s economy grew much faster in the 1990s than it had in the 1980s. the miracle romney was praising had to do with new policies rather than deep culture. despite all this evidence, most people still believe that two cultures in particular, islamic and african, inhibit economic development. but the two countries that will next achieve a gross domestic product of $1 trillion happen to both be muslim democracies. turkey and indonesia. and of the ten fastest growing economies in the world right now, seven are in africa. the world is changing, and holding on it fixed views of culture means you miss its changing dynamics. while culture is important, it s the shared historical experience of people that is reflected in institutions and practices, but culture changes. german culture by 1955 was very different from what it was in 1935. europe was once a hotbed of violence, nationalism, and war. to date it is post national, almost pacifist. the united states was once an isolationis
why? i will have a fascinating conversation about political beliefs. and china is infamous for stamping out any and all protests. recently they relented and gave these protesters everything they asked for. what in the world? first, here s my take culture makes all the difference, said mitt romney at a fundraiser in israel last week. he was comparing the country s economic vitality with palestinian poverty. certainly there is a pedigree for this idea about culture. romney cited david landis, an economic historian. he could have cited the great german scholar mo made the claim in his book, the protestant eethic and spirit of capitalism. the problem was that he singled out two cultures as being particularly prone to poverty and stagnation. they were china and japan. but these have been the world s fastest growing two large economies over the past five decades. over the past two decades, the other powerhouse has been india which was described for years as having a culture