Now on bbc news, its hardtalk with sarah montague. Welcome to hardtalk. Im sarah montague. My guest today has a reputation for telling uncomfortable economic truths. He famously predicted the Global Financial crisis of 2008. Now Raghuram Rajan says capitalism is under threat and if World Leaders want to save liberal democracies from a surge in populism they need to give more power to local communities and take it away from big governments and big businesses. When he left his job as governor of Indias Central Bank is that it was better to be a doer than an advisor. Now the superstar central banker is being talked of as one of the front runners to governor of the bank of england. Would he rather do thatjob than advise in another . Raghuram rajan, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for having me. That quote from you better to be a doer than an advisor what is it that you want to do . What i wanted to do that time was really turn around peoples view of india. I thought there was a lot of potentia
United states and the causes of homelessness. Thank you for being with us this morning. Glad to be here. First, tell us exactly what the National Alliance to end homelessness is. What do you do . Were a National Organization and we look at data and evidence to figure out the solutions to homelessness. Then we work with congress and the administration to get support, good policy for the solutions and we work with communities to implement the solutions. Where do you get your funding . How did it come about and how are you funded . The organization started in the early 80s when homelessness first started to emerge in the country. Its a bipartisan nonpartisan organization, and we get our funding from foundations, corporations, individuals and contracts for technical assistance, and we have conferences and so forth also. So what exactly is the current state of homelessness in the United States . Is it Getting Better . Is it getting worse . Whats going on right now . So there are about 550,0
Democrats, we want to hear from you, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Isependents, your line 2027488002. You can always reach us on social media, on twitter and facebook. House members on friday in the House Oversight committee described what they saw during their tours of the Detention Centers and they also sparred with each other about who was to blame. One of the first senators lawmakers to talk was representative alexandria ocasiocortez. Heres what she had to say. [video clip] much has been made about cbp agents in this hearing as well. This is not their fault. Agree. Respects, i woul it is the policy of dehumanization implemented by this administration laid at the feet of Stephen Miller causing the violence and dehumanization where hurt people hurt people. I would like to seek unanimous consent to submit the record of 17 women i met during my trip to the border. Universeswo different and it feels like we are speaking in two different worlds. One of the reasons for that, i beli
Remarked on how Educational Opportunities arent the same for people in Rural America as they are for in the cities. That comes back to this research that was done from the department of agriculture that show how the gap in College Attainment has grown between urban environments and rural environments. What you see from 2000 to 2015 environments, the closing of the gap of people who have High School Degrees. You are about as likely to have a High School Degree in world america. That gap has grown if you think about College Attainment. 15 to 19 . Om its a small increase. The gap for people in urban america has grown more. You are up to 33 . That is widening. Places like the university of alaska where theyve lost 41 of their budget and Rural American education options are declining. The gap between completion of High School Degrees has rural,between urban and that the gap between people who finish college is increasing from urban to roll. Rural. Guest if you are thinking about to your deg
Address the legitimate concerns of many and look at how we can overcome our differences i will propose a new pact on migration and asylum including the relaunch of the dublin reform this will allow us to return to a fully functioning shang in the area of Free Movement the key driver of our prosperity security and freedoms a centerpiece in this ambition is a reinforced European Border and Coast Guard Agency we need to reach a standing for of 10000 frontex Border Guards not by 2027 but way earlier at least by 2024 we have to modernize. We have to modernize our asylum system a common european asylum system must be exactly that common. We can only have stable external borders if we give enough help to Member States facing the most pressure because of where they are on the map we need solidarity we need to help each other and to contribute we need a new way of burden sharing and we must make a fair cooperation offer to countries of origin and transit which are in the interest of both sides