Talks about us policy in the region and the recent confrontation between the us and iran. Watch booktv this week and every weekend on cspan2. If i could have everybodys attention we would like to get started. I am brian anderson, editor of city journal and i want to welcome you on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with great pleasure that i introduce john tierney, a contributing editor at city journal and coauthor of the fascinating and useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it. It is on sale outside the room here. John has long been one of the nations leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy and make no mistake, no matter how calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrarian voice. It was johns New York Times column the big city which ran from the mid90s until 2002 that first made me a fan of his work. There he took on any number of prevailing this about cities from rent control to the root causes of h
[inaudible conversations] if i could have everybodys attention we would like to get started. I am brian anderson, editor of city journal and i want to welcome you on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with pleasure that i introduce john tierney, a value contributing editor of the journal and coauthor of the fascinating and useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it. It is on sale outside the room here. John has long been one of the nations leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy and make no mistake, however calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrary and voice. Ons New York Times column the big city which ran from the mid90s until 2002 that made me a fan of his work, he took on any number of prevailing miss from the efficacy of rent control to the root causes of homelessness to environmental policy. One remarkable column was born from johns irritation that Rosie Odonnells ruling was public or schism
I am Brian Anderson on the editor of city journal and i want to welcome you here today on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with great pleasure that i get to introduce joh john tierney and coauthor with an esteemed useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it it. It is on sale, by the way outside the room here. John has long been one of the leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy. And make no mistake, however calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrary invoice. It was johns New York Times column, the big city, which ran from the mid 90s until 2002, that first made me a fan of his work. There, he took on any number of prevailing myths about cities. From the efficacy of rent control to the root causes of homelessness to environmental policy. One remarkable column was his irritation at Rosie Odonnells relentless public criticism of mayer Rudy Giulianis use of Law Enforcement to get the homeless off of ne
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Not just the astronauts but everyone letting people speak for themselves. They knew what the nasa position was but beyond that they never, to my knowledge, controlled the statements, public statements of others and certainly they insisted on it. Up up next on booktv after words with guest host Kevin Williamson of the National Review on line. This weeks Burton Folsom and his latest book uncle sam cant count. The latest collaboration details the best and worst governments investments in bales from the days of George Washington through today. This program lasts about an hour. Host professor full something cute for joining us and welcome. Before we move on to the substance of your very interesting book i wanted to ask you a little about the process of composing it because i noticed you have a koether and colleague with a suspiciously similar surname who turns out to be your wife and someone with a little bit of experience in the subject of being married and writing books im amazed that thi