referee of what sounds like a fight between my 13-year-old son and my 10-year-old daughter. you did this for him, that s not fair. well, that s not fair, i wan want this to be fair. i grew up in an america that said, life isn t fair. you know, where do i start on this. the idea that chris christie s going to tell the low wage workers in america, the people in poverty who are struggling to make ends meet, they are acting like 13-year-olds or 10-year-olds arguing over a toy in the back seat. he s also saying it s their fault. that s right. my new book which is an an tholg. in it, what we do is show from people from adam smith and elizabeth warren that there s a whole system here you have to look at. income inequality is just the way we can view this, there s education inequality, there s environmental hazards. there s family and the inability
referee of what sounds like a fight between my 13-year-old son and my 10-year-old daughter. you did this for him, that s not fair. well, that s not fair, i wan want this to be fair. i grew up in an america that said, life isn t fair. you know, where do i start on this. the idea that chris christie s going to tell the low wage workers in america, the people in poverty who are struggling to make ends meet, they are acting like 13-year-olds or 10-year-olds arguing over a toy in the back seat. he s also saying it s their fault. that s right. my new book which is an an tholg. in it, what we do is show from people from adam smith and elizabeth warren that there s a whole system here you have to look at. income inequality is just the way we can view this, there s education inequality, there s
it s not just that families will get more money and spend it on things they need. what we saw in the 2000s is that they ll spend more money even if they don t have it and they ll do so through credit. and we have had these massive credit bubbles that have proved to be not only unsustainable but deeply damaging when they bust. so when the economy is growing, if all that growth concentrates at the top, president obama spoke about this eloquently this week. not only is it obviously bad for low income people, but it s unsustainable because it generates. on monday you are helping lead a national day of action on public education. tell me about what you re doing. just like we re fighting income equality, we have to fight education inequality. and that means the places that have gotten hurt the most by austerity, by privatization, by attesting fixation.
they say america s public schools are one of the best parts of america. what i ve learned the opposite is true. government schools are one of the worst parts of america. not just because the government monopoly doesn t educate well but the schools aren t even the melting pot that people think they are. today s government schools are more racially seg degree gated than private schools. people don t know that. one man who does know and also fights for education choice is patrick burn a ceo of overstock.com that sells cheap stuff over the internet. pa tragic, you call the school choice movement the civil rights issue of the 21th century. that s right. if people are worried about income and inequality and racial inequality. a lot of that gets driven by education inequality. if you have some folks graduating with high school with a bucket full of human ka79 and
was 50 years ago. you go back 50 years the difference between middle-class person and rich person and stuff they bout bought with their money was a lot different an middle-class person and even bill gates. john: appointee poor people have access to cars, cellphones and flush toilets even kings didn t have years ago. given that there is disparity that feels unfair. americans have always been, i think this is a good deal, have been willing to accept even large amounts of inequality throngs three things are present. one, that those at the top didn t cheat. either you are crazy person or the vast majority have cheated to get their money. it s the exception not the rule when it happens. we should go after it. number two is growth, those in inequality where it leads to