The business of america is big business. Large and crucial industries are dominated by a few powerful companies which have grown with the economy and rewritten the rules of competition. What are the economic and legal rules these Companies Live by . What has big Business Done for and to the consumer . Whatever happened to price competition . With the help of economic analyst richard gill well examine these questions on this edition of economics u a. Im david schoumacher. Theres no business bigger than the auto business. If youve shopped for a car recently this is a familiar sight. It looks like real competition a variety of products at a variety of prices. But is what you see what you get . It was when you bought one of henry fords model ts. Henry ford didnt invent the car, and he didnt invent the assembly line, but he brought the two together and gave america its first massproduce and masspurchased car. Ford was an inventor and mechanic by trade, and no effort was spared to improve th
Programs for this weekend on the cspan Network Freedom on cspan numeral network. On cspan 2, alan rifkin, whose father was a screenwriter for the marx brothers. Sunday at noon on indepth, our live threeour conversation with harvard law professor clyde for near. Her books include the purity of the majority and the min ers canary. Today on cspan 3, a discussion of the burning of Columbia South carolina, following the surrender of the city to the Union General William Tecumseh sherman. And sunday at 2 00, an interview with Daniel Elbert on a classified study on vietnam which he get the New York Times in 1971. Contact us on www. Cspan. Org and let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. History book show features popular writers and airs on American History tv every weekend. This time, recounting the call of industrial business magnates William Knudsen and henry kaiser to leaf their private sector positions and lead the war production effort during world war ii. This is
From the hazards of competition. Have 25 years of deregulation been an improvement . To paraphrase calvin coolidge, the business of america is big business. Large and crucial industries are dominated by a few powerful companies which have grown with the economy and rewritten the rules of competition. What are the economic and legal rules these Companies Live by . What has big Business Done for and to the consumer . Whatever happened to price competition . With the help of economic analyst richard gill well examine these questions on this edition of economics u a. Im david schoumacher. Theres no business bigger than the auto business. If youve shopped for a car recently this is a familiar sight. It looks like real competition a variety of products at a variety of prices. But is what you see what you get . It was when you bought one of henry fords model ts. Henry ford didnt invent the car, and he didnt invent the assembly line, but he brought the two together and gave america its first m
Pole. Youll also see books about the u. S. Border patrol, israel, fracking, the taliban in afghanistan and the American West in 1776. All this and much more, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors on cspan2. Booktv, television for serious readers. Up next, a. J. Baime appeared at the Chicago Tribune printers row lit fest to discuss the arsenal of democracy about the creation to have u. S. Bomber force prior to americas entry in world war ii. This is about 40 minutes. Thank you very much, john, and thank you to everyone whos here on a beautiful, sunny day. A its good to see you, and welcome to lit fest. If this is your first time, this is one of the great festivals of chicago, and were glad werere getting a good turnout today and there is a lot to do. Thank you for coming to this event. To theres another one right after, it. A friend of mine, rick kogan, will be conducting a discussionr so theres a lot to do, so, please, stick armed. Anything occurs to you, well give it at least ten m
Please keep the spirit of lit fest going all year long with a subscription. This year we are also introducing a new digital bookstore. Please take one of our promo cards for information about the app and axis the special book deals. Before they can todays program please file ensure cell phones. You return your camera flash off. We will allow you to take pictures. You can post those pictures online using hashtag printers row. Gives me great pleasure to introduce to you guys are moderate todays conversation, eric banks. Mr. Banks. Thank you. Thank you very much. Welcome everybody. Its good to see you here this morning and its my pleasure to welcome today Monique Brinson demery, the author of the amazing book, finding the dragon lady the mystery of vietnams madame nhu, which has recently been published by Public Affairs books. She holds a masters degree from harvard university, and when she made contact with madame nhu who was the unofficial first lady of the south east government in 2005