The Refugee Crisis is one of the worlds most intractable problems. 60 Million People have fled their homes, a third of them also fleeing their own country. But my guest today says the problem is fixable and we can do it easily. Hes The Economist professor sir paul collier. The solution, he argues, is to give refugeesjobs and in doing so, he suggests everyone will benefit. But if the answer is so simple, why hasnt it been done before . Paul collier, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for inviting me on. Now, you have said of the syrian Refugee Crisis that it is entirely manageable, it is fixable, we can do it easily, and yet we are talking about millions of desperate people on the move why do you say it is so fixable . Because it is. The reason weve got a mess is two things. One is weve got an International System which is hopelessly broken. Weve got a system built in 1950 that is completely unfit for 21st century problems. And weve never changed it. So weve got a broken system which was then
The Refugee Crisis is one of the worlds most intractable problems. 60 Million People have fled their homes, a third of them also fleeing their own country. But my guest today says the problem is fixable and we can do it easily. Hes The Economist professor sir paul collier. The solution, he argues, is to give refugeesjobs and in doing so, he suggests everyone will benefit. But if the answer is so simple, why hasnt it been done before . Paul collier, welcome to hardtalk. Thanks for inviting me on. Now, you have said of the syrian Refugee Crisis that it is entirely manageable, it is fixable, we can do it easily, and yet we are talking about millions of desperate people on the move why do you say it is so fixable . Because it is. The reason weve got a mess is two things. One is weve got an International System which is hopelessly broken. Weve got a system built in 1950 that is completely unfit for 21st century problems. And weve never changed it. So weve got a broken system which was then
Problem. Sometimes it is part of the solution to international crises. Forlso have to recognize the un to have any credibility anywhere it needs to have the support of big states starting with the u. S. And in russia, china, the uk and france. They need to throw that diplomatic weight behind the un. Takese cases the u. S. The lead. Is iner cases, france the lead. Onetheless, you need overall go throughu have to the Security Council for all its faults. Thank you very much for your time. We will have to leave it there. Think you for watching on this monday morning. Enjoy the rest of your day. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2013] we want to update you on a story coming out of washington, dc. Shots have been fired at the Washington Navy yard. At least one person was injured in a shooting monday morning. Authorities search for an active shooting. Said therefficial was no are at least several injuries. Three shots we
Policies brought stability to the economy five years after the financial crisis and progress is being me. We will stick to this economy this morning and get your Economic Situation five years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent market crash. What is the economy like for you . You can send us a tweet or post your comments on facebook and you can also email us. We will begin with Financial Times this morning and their story. They say this is the Washington Times this morning. Host president obama was interviewed on George Stephanopoulos show this week and he was asked about the situation five years after the financial crisis. Here is what he had to say. [video clip] thing lets think about what we were. The economy was on the verge of a great depression. In some respects, the Economic Data and the collapse of the economy was worse than what happened in the 1930s. In, stabilize the situation. We have now had 42 straight months of growth. Seven and a half million new jo
Lot of experience appointed today to figure out why the 16 felony charges were suddenly dropped. And the growing trade tensions with china as the president is about to take off with the g7 summit in france. Good evening, mark. Good evening, shannon. No end in sight when it comes to the trade war between the u. S. And china. President trump retaliated against trump on twitter only hours after the chinese announced tariffs on the products it buys like soybeans and cars. China should not have put new tariffs on 75 billion of u. S. Product, politically motivated to. Retaliate, the president said the u. S. Is increasing the tariffs, another 5 on chinese imports. New rates set to be imposed here within the next several days and weeks. The announcement of additional tariffs came out after the stock market closed today. It was a brutal day on wall street. The dow, the nasdaq, the s p all closed sharply lower after the president blasted china and the federal reserve. This is one thing he had to