The time and i begin the book at the end of the cold war and as i was casting around for a way to frame whats happened since then i found jim moses comments in his confirmation hearing extraordinarily apt its a rather prescient deer of the International Security environment of the ninetys but it really comes down to that one phrase where he says we slain a large dragon talking about this so he but now we find ourselves in a jungle still with a broader and broader for the snakes and in many ways the dragon was easier to keep track of and i think what hes trying to say here is that weak states failing states and nonstate actors are the principal threat of the 99 is a. Minute or until it is the total call and. Its also we have categorizing and its essentially putting legitimate state actors like russia or china into the same group as nonstate actors like isis that terror groups isnt just out just a little bit to give this a poke contrary if you are not we last year against that. So actual
In the United States because you would need an American Embassy for that well apparently they were wrong quick tribalist the riots and even the seizure of government buildings containing our americas foes taking being democratic uprising in the worlds most celebrated democracy to discuss and im now joined by David Kilcullen perhaps our own international and Political Studies at the university of New South Wales and the author of dry runs. How the rats learn to buy it was called and great to talk to you congratulations on your latest book and you for having me its great to be here now i know that its not your original idea to refer its you adversaries as rap tiles and i am. Wrong. Bill clintons 1st cia director but since you build a narrative around it i assume youre blinded snooty what are you still whining about it for you. I think that so just to say this book is a book about military adaptation and its about how different players adapted over time and i begin the book at the end of
Archives. Visit booktv. Org for a complete schedule. And we now kick off with Professor William darity and Kirsten Mullin with their thoughts on reparations for africanamericans. Good afternoon, im director of the hutchens center on fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. We gather here this afternoon virtually because of the covid plague to talk about reparations for africanamericans for the descendants of slaves. We planned this event before covid19 and, of course, william darity and Kirstin Mullen wrote the book long before covid19. Its worth noting that the coronavirus seems to be afflicting blacks much more than whites. Theres a piece in the journal of the American Medical Association which points out that more than half the covid19 cases in chicago and nearly 70 of the deaths involve black individuals although blacks make up only 30 of the population. Theres a story on the front page of the Washington Post today about contrasting the intensive care unit in afflue
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So that we can continue all hear and make sure the conversation is recorded. Copies of the books are behind the register so you can grab your copy and there will be a line right here for the signing. Afterwards, if you please hold up your shares to the next goal of the bookshelf leaned them up there, we would appreciate that. Now to the main if it. It is my great pleasure to introduce Robert Shiller, hes an american economist academic in the best la author. As of 2018, he served as a professor of economics at Yelp University and he is the fellow of the l school of Management International center for finance. In 2013, together with eugene and hassan, he received the nobel memorial Economic Sciences for their critical analysis. We are today to hear more about his new book, economics. All stories go viral and drive Major Economic events. In todays world, contents going viral has become imperative for everyone. From individuals hoping for their more 15 minutes of fame. Two businesses and m