In civil rights and the making of the modern american state, naacp one examines how the Civil Rights Movement and particularly the naacp affected the american political lens the century. This event is an hour. I will introduce Megan Ming Francis. I will talk a little bit more about the professional and personal. Megan ming francis is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at the university of washington at seattle. She won her b. A. In Political Science and economics at Rice University in 2003 and soon after in 2008 she earned her doctorate in politics at Princeton University where she worked with melissa harris. And cornell west. Field two positions at the university of chicago and the Indiana University school before joining Pepperdine University where she was an assistant professor for four years and got quite distant following teaching courses on politics and law in society. Megan ming franciss workers at the intersection of american politics, race, constitut
Is in their parties primaries. If you are seen as being unorthodox can, as you were saying, or as Party Loyalists would say unfaithful to the partys positions on these issues, you tend to get Interest Groups who come after you with funds. They will often mount a primary opponent that makes your life difficult. And there are all kinds of institutions now in place and resources in place that really keep the parties politicians towing a very ideological line on these issues. So more and more thats become quite unusual in american politics. Host all right. Subtitle, how issue ownership drives and distorts american politics. Whats the distortion . Guest the distortion that i find in the book is the theme with which weve led our conversation, which is that i find lots of instances where the parties actually pay less attention to what the public wants on the issues they own than on the issues they dont. So, again, the Affordable Care act is a great example. This is a policy that is pursued he
You want to choose wisely. Host breaking in is the name of Joan Biskupics most book, breaking in the rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the politics of justice. And civil rights and the making of the modern american state, Megan Ming Francis examines the Civil Rights Movement and specifically the naacp effect and the american Political Landscape in the early 20th century. This event corded at ucla as an hour. I am going to introduce and again. Weve known each other for quite some time. Youll been it for the professional and personal. On a professional tip, Megan Ming Francis as an assistant professor at the department of Political Science at the university of washington at seattle. She earned her ba in Political Science and economics at Rice University in 2003 and soon after a 2008, francis earned her doctorate in politics at Princeton University where she worked with paul framer, Kelley Mendel Burke and cornell west. She held two distinct postdocs at the university of chicago and Indiana Uni
That we would have 16 trillion dollars. Even if you have that, why is that ok to have 22 trillion dollars of debt at in 10 years . By the is that considered still a good thing to do . Why is that considered still a good thing to do it . The best capacity is the size of the debt relative to the economy. What the president has proposed is to put us on a path where the debt is stabilized and we are coming down relative to gdp. It is still 100 of gdp. I would explain a little bit about the numbers. That is the 16 trillion dollar figure that you mentioned earlier. I do nothing that is inappropriate way of measuring our debt. It is not the measure of that that is economic relevant. Ten or 12 . Closer to 12. Ok. The Unemployment Rate became an issue in the campaign. The Unemployment Rate went down 8 . Ow normal some people said the numbers are played with by some people. Could to assure people that nothing improper happened on the Unemployment Rate . Claims that there was manipulation is absu
Welcome to countdown. It is 6 00 in london this friday morning. Bloomberg reporters are standing by across the world, ready to deliver the stories that will drive the day. We have the latest in hong kong on the tension in thailand. Ryan chilcote is live in saint it is berg at russias biggest business summit. And hans nichols has the latest on ges bit. First, live to saint petersburg. Dont miss our interview with the ceo. ,n thailand, schools are closed tv stations are under the command of the military, and International Broadcasters including bloomberg are off the air. The military seized control following a sixmonth political stalemate and Economic Growth in the country. For the latest, lets go to hong kong. Zeb, this has been boiling for a while . It certainly has, but it took the military just minutes to accomplish with the protesters have been trying to copley four months, which was to dissolve the government and seize control. That is exactly what we saw yesterday after several ho