Today Nelson Lichtenstein presenting his book a fabulous failure the Clinton Presidency and the chance formation of american capitalism. Professor lichtenstein, Research Professor in the department of history at uc santa barbara, where he directs the center for the study work, labor and democracy. He is the preeminent 20th century historian of u. S. And is the author or editor of 18 books, including the most dangerous man in detroit. A biography of the uaw leader walter ruther. And also state of the union a century of american labor, which i commend to anyone to understand the Labor Movement in the century. He has served on the editorial of numerous journals and writes frequently the popular press as well for academic journals and is the recipient of too many awards and fellowships for me to enumerate. Im also delighted to introduce alex hurdle fernandez, who will serve as the discussant today. He is associate professor of International Public affairs at columbia university, where he a
Presenting his book a fabulous failure the Clinton Presidency and the chance formation of american capitalism. Professor lichtenstein, Research Professor in the department of history at uc santa barbara, where he directs the center for the study work, labor and democracy. He is the preeminent 20th century historian of u. S. And is the author or editor of 18 books, including the most dangerous man in detroit. A biography of the uaw leader walter ruther. And also state of the union a century of american labor, which i commend to anyone to understand the Labor Movement in the century. He has served on the editorial of numerous journals and writes frequently the popular press as well for academic journals and is the recipient of too many awards and fellowships for me to enumerate. Im also delighted to introduce alex hurdle fernandez, who will serve as the discussant today. He is associate professor of International Public affairs at columbia university, where he also serves as vice dean fo
Whens the tornado coming, whats the weather, these are things that people count on in a daily way. You may not feel that in washington, but ill you, 9 11 or when theres an earthquake in washington, d. C. , the one thing that kept working and the one thing everyone counted on, it wasnt broadband. It was broadcasting. I hate to jump in. But missing a point. I would agree with everything gordon just said. Localism has that value. Thats not the question. The question is does it rise to the level that the government should demand other entities subsidize that model and should it require that the government create legally forceable preferences for that value as protected by law . Not whether its we have a lot i think mad men is super, supervaluable. I dont want to miss it on sunday night. But it doesnt necessarily mean that i would lead to the government making that the central commitment of its regulatory machine. If the government wants to get rid of all the regulations related to broadcas
Set, the end of the encore. And, that was maybe a month or so after she died, and i felt like it was janis coming to say goodbye. Janis came down the ramp, and there was this little girl needing approval and comfort and she said, was it okay, was i okay . And i said, you were great [ theme ] bill hello friends and neighbors good thursday morning. Great to see you this morning. Early in the morning here on current tv. Welcome to the full court press. For the next three hours well be telling you all about the big stories of the day. Whether it is happening here in our Nations Capital around the country or around the globe were on top of it. Well give you a chance to tell us what you think about it at 186655press. Theres lot going on this morning here in washington, yesterday, congressman Jesse Jackson jr. Pleaded guilty to misuse of Campaign Funds. It looks like he and his wife will be spending some time in prison. Very sad to see his career ruined like that. Florida governor rick scott
Certain debt off the books. Bill with the government on the hook for ious like Social Security and medicare and pension promises across the country, combined with an aging population, america could be in a whole lot of hurt. Charles payne, fox business network. 70 trillion, do you buy that, charles . Bill, not only do i buy it i think that number is on the low side. Bill the real number could be higher than 70 trillion . How come . You hit on it. Some unfunded liabilities. Medicare is about 50 trillion. Social security 20 trillion. We have new entitlements coming online. Who will know what the obamacare law will emerge as. Ultimately you can see that is a entitlement costing us a lot of money. 30 Million People Getting Health Insurance instantaneously. Off the books stuff is alarming. Economic malaise was triggered when the offbalance sheet stuff at wall street was revealed and couldnt be contained anymore. Were in that same sort of scenario. Bill you analyze this as a catch 22. In ord