And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. The 1960s, two. 3 chilean dollars in aid has gone to developing countries in an effort to eradicate poverty with only limited results. Is now seniorly fellow at the brookings institution. He has written extensively about ,his issue and in his new text the tearing of experts, economists and dictators and the forgotten rights of the poor, he calls for radical rethinking of our approach to development. To have you, good back on this program. Good to be back. Tavis this is a bold and provocative and inyourface title, the tearing of experts. Who are you talking about . Im talking about what i used staff, thed bank Gates Foundation, the rockefeller foundation. We have this paternalistic attitude in which we think we know what is best for poor people, and we dont recognize poor peoples rights to determine their own destiny, to determine their own democratic destiny. That is what we fundamentally disrespect in the busin
Unemployment level not the sort of tag line unemployment level for what was lost to individuals throughout, and relative to the bailouts and the subsidies that have been given since, and doddfrank came along and did nothing remotely like dissecting speculation from depositors and traditional banking activities. A look at the relationships between 1600 pennsylvania avenue and wall street tonight at 10 eastern and sunday night at 9ben after words, part of booktv this weekend online. Next, New York University Professor William easterly talks about the failure of the United Nations and other organizations to reduce poverty since world war ii. It is from the Rand Corporation in santa monica, california. [ applause ] thank you so much for that warm inductitroduction. It is great to be here with you. I am going to talk about something that has unconsciously and indirectly led to a tyranny of experts. Lets call it an approach to Economic Development. The idea that poverty is a set of technical
Wall street or refighting past battles on immigration when weve got to fix a broken system. And if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things, i will veto it. It will have urneshed my veto. Lets bring in bret baier. I use the word defiant in the leadin regarding the tone of this speech and that seems very accurate. This does not seem like a president who saw his party smack down in the november elections. No. Thats right. And listen. Supporters say he was optimistic, forward lean, on offense and laying out his vision. He was delusional talking about a world that isnt the world in which we live. He didnt mention libya or yemen, didnt use the words al qaeda and didnt talk about concerns about the Global Economy or long term deficit. So you have two very different views of the same speech and obviously the bottom line is what can get through congress a Republican Congress, and the answer is not much. A friend of mine pointed out this morning, he said that the president i
A problem. To farmers from their families women as opposed to our money by grinding our crops into flour difficult but they cant compete with the price of wheat flour but it was people in the. Agricultural exports from europe to africa how much sense that this policy really made. Here on the river rhine between cologne and doesnt do if theres a long tradition of growing wheat from the ground its particularly first time. I visit farm of any crime a shilling when i arrive i find hes had to interrupt his harvest after a lot of heavy rains. Years yet if you press on the wheat kernel with your fingernail and it leaves an imprint on the wheat like this then you cant harvest it yet. You can actually hear the wheat drawing. Kemah schillings has a ph d. In agricultural science and has only ever fund as a sideline couldnt live from what he produces on his forty hectares of land. Even then every german film i receive see you subsidies the money is paid for hector with extras available for measure
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