we are doing seven days what we think are the most important books of the year. joining us this morning from new york city is oren cass, senior fellow at the manhattan institute and author of a book entitled the once and future worker. cass, thank you for joining us to talk about the american worker. you write that american workers are in crisis these days. what do you mean by that? mr. cass: good morning, thank you for having me. the focus on the american worker and the crisis that workers are in is really about what has happened in our economy going wek to the 1960 s and how really have chosen to take an approach to economic policy that just worries about consumers, living standards, and said, as long as the economy keeps growing, as long as everyone can afford more stuff, as long as our tv s keep getting bigger, we will be happy. what we lost with that approach is that people really care about work. people need to have good work. they need to be able to support their fam
portions of the memorial services and funerals for barbara bush, senator john mccain, and former president george h.w. bush. the former first lady died on april 70 and and was buried on the grounds of the george h.w. bush presidential library and museum at texas a&m university. her funeral took place at st. martin s episcopal church in houston, where the bush family attended services for more than 50 years. ago, i was onade the washington mall for the national book festival on my way to give a talk about a book i had written, when a woman ran up to me. which does not have been enough, believe me. she said, oh my god, it is you. i said, well, yes. kind of hard to argue with. she said, i just admire you so much. i love your books. you have meant a lot to me and my family. would you wait right here? i want to buy your new book and have you sign it. i said, yes, ma am. i confess i was feeling kind of full of myself. when she came back with john grisham s latest novel. [laughter]
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