A problem . Mo ibrahim . half of the worlds wealth. Is that a problem . Mo ibrahim . Ithink it depends, first where the rich guys got their money, they stole it, they killed, they motor to get the money, secondly what they are doing. We have here one of the richest people in the world sitting here who he is giving his money for good causes. We are grateful for that. And you as well well. You were being a bit modest there, mo. This is not self serving to stop this is genuine. It really depends on what we do. So let us notjust run away with slogans like that. So you dont have a problem with it, basically, it depends on what you do with that and how you acquire that wealth. John . I think the question we face is not so much about the benevolence, and billionaires here, but the billionaires who would not be caught dead here and are indifferent to the struggles of others. Question we face is not so much about income inequality but dramatically unequal Income Growth over many years. In the q
Book tv is on location in las vegas at the freedom fest Libertarian Convention where we talk with others here and now we want to introduce you to one. This is hyrum lewis who teaches at byu in idaho. Heres his cover of his book there is a god. I want to start with those last words. In the last days. What are you referencing . Yes, im referencing a specific faith tradition. Theres a lot of work in apologetics coming out they had gotten aggressive in the 21st century. Who are the new atheists . Used to talk about the four horsemen. Richard [inaudible] wrote a book and sam harris and Christopher Hitchens just passed on and [inaudible] they call them the four horsemen of the easiest apocalypse. They are aggressive and angry. Its much more lets live in i cant believe but if you want to believe that your business and its probably good for you but the new atheists will have none of this. They will say i dont believe in i will mak sure no one else please either and i will crusade to try to dis
I want to start with the last words, in the last days what are you referencing . Referencing a specific faith tradition. Theres a lot of work in apologetics coming out the new atheists have gotten very aggressive in the 21st century a. Where the new atheists . Usually talking about the four horsemen, Richard Dawkins, he wrote a book called the god delusion but he has some cold followers, sam harris, Christopher Hitchens passed on, and Daniel Bennett abthe column the four horsemen of the atheist apocalypse. They are aggressive and angry. The old atheism of the 20th century was much more live and let live. The idea was i cant believe but if you want to believe that to our business and is probably good for you and probably good for society. The new atheists will have none of this. They will say i dont believe and to make sure nobody else believes either and im going to crusade to try to destroy everybodys faith. Part of it is playing a little off the apocalypticism of the new atheist. Tal
Settling the organization down. Making sure that it had worldclass management. Taking the very important messages we have from the Heritage Foundation to new audiences. Largely we were focused on washington, d. C. , and speaking to legislators, and people within the administration. We really felt like our conservative message needed a voice. Demographics that we were not active in. We needed to talk to women. We needed to talk to minorities. We needed to talk to the youth of this country. Our conservative values are so important that we cannot ignore those constituencies with a message, we have to win them. On your website you talk about how 70 of your funding which is about how much . 90 million . Mrs. James you could say in that range. A most hundredom thousand individuals. It sounds like youre getting out of washington. Mrs. James we are, but we need to do more. One of the strength of the Heritage Foundation is that we are not associated with the university. Pressure fromthat to est
Making sure that it had worldclass management. As well as, taking the very important messages we have from the Heritage Foundation to new audiences. Largely we were focused on washington, d. C. , and speaking to legislators, and people within the administration. We really felt like our conservative message needed a voice. With some demographics that we were not active in. We needed to talk to women. We needed to talk to minorities. We needed to talk to the youth of this country. Our conservative values are so important that we cannot ignore those constituencies with a message, we have to win them. On your website you talk about how 70 of your funding which is about how much . 90 million . Mrs. James you could say in that range. 70 comes from a most hundred thousand individuals. It sounds like youre getting out of washington. Mrs. James we are, but we need to do more. One of the strength of the Heritage Foundation is that we are not associated with the university. We dont have that pres