As part of her summer series. Tonight you will hear from five of the last six men who have sat in the oval office. Now the practice of president s books, began with Thomas Jeffersons memoir in 1821. Eighteen president s since have written books prior to the 20th century, president ial memoirs were rare and Ulysses S Grant and mark was an exception since then, it is taken off since the 1950s. First of this evening, is one of our most prolific residents turned author. Jimmy carter. He is the author of 25 books including publicpolicy books, Foreign Policy books, a novel, and he is also written a Childrens Book which was illustrated by his daughter amy. In 2010, president carter appeared on book tv afterwards program where he discussed his white house diaries that he kept while he was in office from 1977 1981. Heres president carter being interviewed by president ial historian. Welcome to washington dc. It is wonderful to see you. I was wondering you fly in here, and you go over all of the
A preface at the beginning to say well this is quite horrific its not the 1st time pandemics themselves have reshaped our lives as well they are also emblematic of globalization you know we have government advisers on this show sometimes quite a quite a few but we dont have people who advised more than 140 countries around the world to learn u. N. Secretary general is the big question about the pandemic of course is what is your advice to rich and poor countries grappling with a recession a depression maybe the worst in centuries my advice always which politicians dont like turn is for us to understand the situation and look around at whos doing well because in this pandemic there are a few countries that have got good under control chinas one of them. A korea to a large extent Australia New Zealand vietnam among poor countries lot b. T. R. Cambodia really amazing quite poor countries have beaten this virus down and then the United States out of control brazil out of control and so if
The only thing he does is complement trum. And to try to copy the same foolish things the troll does in the us. Well we invite brazils ambassador london on the show presumably president bolton are would dispute what your saying and in fairness brazils death rate per capita is less than that here in britain you do presumably though agree with also narrow that cuban doctors should have been let back into brazil you have cause new female castro know the as well. The cuban doctors provided an Extraordinary Service in brazil. They assisted 60000000 people. And they were excellent examples of how doctors should conduct their work. They did not only prescribe drugs and make diagnostics. They tried to do more than that. They treated people with love with care. They were going to peoples homes. The fact that the brazilian government sent the cuban doctors away. And that president raul castro decided to call doctors by his because he does not agree with the fascist who ruled brazil. I know that
Afshin rattansi were going underground or whats supposed to be week 2 of julie the songes london trial from the country with one of the highest coronavirus death rates on earth coming up in the show with nato nations panicking over a Global Economic catastrophe amidst a pandemic and Climate Crisis where the Global Economy ever recover after millions of lost their jobs since the start of the 1st covidien used lockdown could coronavirus mean the end of capitalism and globalization as we know it and are our politicians really fit for purpose joining me now from new york city is the author of the ages of globalization Geography Technology and institutions and director of the Sustainable Development Solution Network professor Jeffrey Sachs of the center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University thank you so much jeffrey for coming on before i even get to the book in the past few days theres been a story that will go and did on arguably 13000 refugees on the island of les was in gre
Are oh of genocide. For a very simple reason our president did not take care of brazil and of the brazilian people as he should have done. This pandemic did not reach brazil without prior notice but. We already had the experience of what was going on you know the countries around the world and the president should have simply done the obvious. Only what common sense teaches us to do. The president since he doesnt know about anything except weapons and violence. Should have set up a Technical Committee with experts and scientists. He should have gathered all state governors as well as mez and established a Crisis Committee to guide brazilian society. To participate in the process of mitigating the in parts of the pandemic in brazil he did not do this he decried the pandemic he said that people should not wear masks he prescribed a drug called chloroquine to the population. Without any scientific basis and to this date he continues to vulgarize death because effectively he does not belie