Talks about us policy in the region and the recent confrontation between the us and iran. Watch booktv this week and every weekend on cspan2. If i could have everybodys attention we would like to get started. I am brian anderson, editor of city journal and i want to welcome you on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with great pleasure that i introduce john tierney, a contributing editor at city journal and coauthor of the fascinating and useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it. It is on sale outside the room here. John has long been one of the nations leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy and make no mistake, no matter how calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrarian voice. It was johns New York Times column the big city which ran from the mid90s until 2002 that first made me a fan of his work. There he took on any number of prevailing this about cities from rent control to the root causes of h
[inaudible conversations] if i could have everybodys attention we would like to get started. I am brian anderson, editor of city journal and i want to welcome you on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with pleasure that i introduce john tierney, a value contributing editor of the journal and coauthor of the fascinating and useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it. It is on sale outside the room here. John has long been one of the nations leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy and make no mistake, however calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrary and voice. Ons New York Times column the big city which ran from the mid90s until 2002 that made me a fan of his work, he took on any number of prevailing miss from the efficacy of rent control to the root causes of homelessness to environmental policy. One remarkable column was born from johns irritation that Rosie Odonnells ruling was public or schism
I am Brian Anderson on the editor of city journal and i want to welcome you here today on behalf of the Manhattan Institute. It is with great pleasure that i get to introduce joh john tierney and coauthor with an esteemed useful new book the power of bad how the negativity effect rules us and how we can rule it it. It is on sale, by the way outside the room here. John has long been one of the leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy. And make no mistake, however calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrary invoice. It was johns New York Times column, the big city, which ran from the mid 90s until 2002, that first made me a fan of his work. There, he took on any number of prevailing myths about cities. From the efficacy of rent control to the root causes of homelessness to environmental policy. One remarkable column was his irritation at Rosie Odonnells relentless public criticism of mayer Rudy Giulianis use of Law Enforcement to get the homeless off of ne
It is on sale, by the way outside the room here. John has long been one of the leading voices on the intersection of science and Public Policy. And make no mistake, however calmly, reasonably expressed, his is a very contrary invoice. It was johns New York Times column, the big city, which ran from the mid 90s until 2002, that first made me a fan of his work. There, he took on any number of prevailing myths about cities. From the efficacy of rent control to the root causes of homelessness to environmental policy. One remarkable column was his irritation at Rosie Odonnells relentless public criticism of mayer Rudy Giulianis use of Law Enforcement to get the homeless off of new york city sidewalks back in the 90s. So how would odonnells, hometown deal with a similar problem john wondered . So he let his beard grow for a few days, he did not shower, then he dressed himself up in dirty clothes in a torn parka and headed up where he plopped himself down on the sidewalk right in front of odo
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