Jonathan, welcome. This is a very meaty book. Theres a lot going on in here. The main thesis is falling birthrate re problem and what are the causes of those birthrates and the consequences . Along the way touch on many topics including the changing role of the women, sustainability and social welfare programs, religion and population aging. Well get to all of those during the next hour. But first, why dont you answer for me the question that ever reporters asked by his or her editor and reporter purchase of purchased with a story idea. Why does this matter . Why is it important . And matters because fertility rates and demographics or what my friend phil long in town here at the new America Foundation says its like the tectonic plates shifting beneath the earth. Demography isnt quite dead to me, but its close. Are we talking about a year, a few years, a decade, centuries, where is it happening . Host so the phenomena has begun in the west, it began around 1970. To back up quickly. The
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honest truth about dishonesty how we lie to everyoneespecially ourselves. Thank you, professor. Booktv asks what you reading this summer . I am finishing up louises latest book, she may have one after that but i would recommend it to anyone who wants to understand native american jurisdiction and perhaps one of the challenges the we have in terms of law and order on the reservations. She just writes with such a wonderful year. May i spend enough time in Indian Country and she catches it so well, very authentic and the valley of amazement, amy tan, i read anything she writes, she is a great author and i have a friend who has great concern about the privacy debate and she sends me lots of books and so actually i tried to go through some of the books being written about privacy challenges in america because i think those are the challenges we will experience over the next couple years in new legislating and trying to protect peoples privacy but in a way that does not shut down this Wonder
Information to patients, more clear information, about what medical tests and procedures will cost. For more, doug holtzeakin, president of American Action forum, guy benson, editorinchief of town hall. Welcome to you both. Hi. Gerri i will come right back to this. A little over an hour ago the president was out speak about obamacare and how many young folks signed up. He said 35 of those signing up are under 35. Here is the president. The first open Enrollment Period under this law ended a little over two weeks ago, and as more data comes in, we now know that the number of americans who have signed up for private insurance in the has geo 8 Million People. Eight Million People. 35 of people who enrolled through the federal marketplace are under the age of 35. Gerri now, doug, interesting the president is saying, 35 of enrollees are, 35 or under. That is very close to their goal of 39 . Is it good enough . It is ally misleading. The key figure is the age of people who will be buying ins