Cspan beth and john have agreed to say and sign books if you will wind up down bohol. But mr. Bassett is driving home tonight to halfhours so lets not keep him too late to. Could 95. Steve forbes and Elizabeth Ames trace their economic troubles to the ending of the Gold Standard in the 70s and discuss what a weak u. S. Dollar means for the Global Economy. They call for a return to the Gold Standard to stabilize the economy. Coming up next on booktv. We are very privileged to have with us this evening a very recognizable figure in the media and the business world. Steve forbes is of course editorinchief of forbes magazine, the nations leading business magazine and he has headed a Media Company that includes not only asian and european editions but a number of Web Properties focused on politics, sports and financial markets. Many of you will also remember steve Spirited Campaign for the republican president ial nomination in 1996 and 2000 during which he promoted the idea of among other
The first time i talked only to his son doug. So were your jeans and dress down in my hair was long at the time. I could tell he was thinking why did the at newspaper send this hippie to interview me . I knew he would get mad. And he would give me 10 minutes but i did my homework and i knew the story in to talk to somebody that was genuinely curious. They ran a cartoon it is a picture of a coffin. Somebody was kneeling in the last nail it said it is the last sale of the furniture called thin in virginia. I want to say wait a minute. [laughter] so to tell you some hard things as a writer hired you wrestle with having to Say Something hard that is the truth. I called my friends is it fair or is it true . And really you should be wrestling with these deep tissues. I dont want to hurt anybody is feelings and that is hard for me. But it would be hard for others so it is a constant is it fair is it true. But chapter for. That was the most difficult. Of. Knowing that it would hurt some people
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The central part of the last election, and you want to deny the fact that elections make a difference. And so with that after a latenight session in the house, lawmakers voted to pass a bill that would keep the government funded past tomorrow, but House Republicans attached a oneyear delay to the Affordable Care act and repeal of a tax on those medical devices that help to fund the health care law. It is a measure that the Senate Democratic leader harry reid says he wont consider. Something the white house said the president will veto. With all of that, the federal for ament is headed possible shutdown. The house returns tomorrow morning at 10 00 eastern time. The senate is back tomorrow afternoon and as the deadline looms, any agreement needs to be in place before midnight of thee portions government will be game to close their doors. We welcome your calls. You can also join us on social media. Send us a tweet or on facebook at facebook outcome cspan. Our email address is journal at c