Your new book is called living in plain sight what really caused the financial crisis and why it could happen again. You were a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission investigating the causes of the 2007 in 2008 financial crisis. You said that only democrats on the committee but the republican appointees what did you see they didnt . Looking at the housing system in the United States with dodd frank and fannie mae and freddie mac for quite a while before i got on the commission so i had a lot of background of what was happening in the housing sector. I was looking for the commission to look into what happened with fannie mae and freddie mac and the role they played in the housing crisis and ultimately the financial crisis and i found the commission was not interested in they would not look at it. s. Host that i was outside i thought, the partisan differences between the republicans and democrats and and am afraid that the republicans felt that they just would not agree with
Archives the focus on the 2008 economic recession, trade and finance. All of the programs that youre about to see can be viewed in their entirety by visiting our website, booktv. Org and you can do for the search function at the top of the page. First and february of 2015, the American Enterprise Institute Peter wallace and appears on our Author Interview program afterwards. He argued that government policy caused the 2008 financial crisis. Hidden in plain sight pretty literally caused the world financial crisis and why it could happen again printed you remember the financial crisis. It was investigating the causes and oh seven and oh eight pretty and you said that not only in the democrats on the committee but also from the republicans appointees, what did you see that they did not. Ive been looking at the housing system in the United States printed donna frank ansari, fannie mae and freddie mac. For quite a while before i got in the commission. So i had a lot of background of what is
Made that call, they would show up. And i think that that is one of the true wisdom of the book is that we all have somebody in our lives to discuss a special place in our hearts and we could not say no to. So if you read the book, you will see that she kind of saying stuff to him and so it was a compilation and after everyone has read the book, i will kind of give you a hint as to who are the models for that character. Shes the older and i can put her in the movie and know who it was but i cant put these younger people and the younger people will have to help me do that. If you want . Are we doing okay timewise . Yes. [inaudible question] what future . I believe if she runs that she will be the next president of the united states. Webb hubbell, in your own mind, have you rated the performance of the Obama Administration . [laughter] we are getting a little bit off the books here. But i have been disappointed and first of all, he is up against the stone wall and congress and i blame co
And work harder. Thank you, appreciate it. Read his book, by the book, pass it on. I didnt say much about my book. Thank you for being here. As of now dan hampton talks about the history of combat tv show discusses how Fighter Pilots have changed the way refight wars. This is about wordy five minutes. Dinners just fine. Ive been happily a civilian now for six years i think. Dan is just fine. Anyway, thanks for coming out. This is a nice surprise for me. I was gone all week. Good to be back in colorado. I know everybody feels that way or we wouldnt be here. The relief after some of the other places they get to go. Anyway, i am pretty informal with these things. What i will do for those of you who may not be acquainted with this book is talk about it and i find most of you will have a lot more questions and i want to talk that we can just talk about that or any other books you want. Can ive roam . Yeah, i can roam i can roam. You can follow me . Okay. This book was kind of conceived acci
old want to do was play soccer. he played in a competitive boys team run by the chicago fire. of his teammates respect him. the best defense of player/coach rubio has ever seen. he came to this country in october to try out for this team that he hoped would give him a better life that he had in africa. coming from nigeria he s expecting a better life for him. it makes me sad to make chevron said. he was a sophomore at haskell on the north side but lived in chatham. that is where he was gunned down position that will walk into a convenience store with five other boys from nigeria. tina hobson was one of his guardians. she says the boys were confronted often in the neighborhood because they played soccer and not a football or basketball and because they were from the other boys said are you those african soccer boys? they didn t say anything. they just kept walking. all the sudden someone started shooting at them. to in a closet prejudiced and cannot believe