This is gps the Global Public square. Welcome to all of you in the United States and Around The World. Im Fareed Zakaria coming to you from aspen, colorado. Today, an extra special program with three, yes, three former secretaries of the treasury. First, ill talk to Henry Paulson and Timothy Geithner about the state of American Politics and the downgrade of the uss Credit Ratings and the struggles of the chinese economy and then robert ruben talks to me about how to make hard decisions and what a yellow legal pad has to do with that skill. Finally, david burn came to fame with his new wave band talking heads, some 40 years ago. Ill talk to him about his latest wave of creativity which includes a musical about former fill pina first lady Imelda Marcos. Performed in a Broadway Theater thats been transformed into a disco. But first, heres my take. For years American Politics has been shaped by the idea of the china shock. The term coined by three economists in a paper captured the widespr
david bern s first big break came in the 1970s at the iconic new york music club cbgbs. the band he lead, talking heads, went on to have a fame to acclaim with defining hits. they also put out what is often heralded as one of the greatest concept films of all time. stop making sense. the band split in 1991, but bern who was often called a polymath has stayed indulging his artistic and human interests. he s kept making music. he s written books, he s created pieces grounded to science. in the theater of the mind. he started a website called reasons to be cheerful which you should check out when the world is getting you down.