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Silence their cell phone because this is being recorded by booktv, cspan. Im happy to introduce nathan robinson, founder and editorinchief, his new book, why you should be a socialist. He is in conversation with writer and senate reformer pete davis. It is sure to be a lively conversation. Please join me in welcoming pete davis and nathan robinson. Thank you for being here today. Nathan arrived from new orleans, louisiana. How was the flight . Everything was unobjectionable and not noteworthy in any way. We are glad to have you here. Lets do a temperature check. How many of you are already socialists . That is why we are here. Most of you, the event that convinces you of things. And original cover, fingerpointing at you. The thing, the problem a lot of the audience for this book is going to people who want to book like why you are a socialist but it is directed, the original title was socialism for people who are extremely skeptical of it. The original title was socialism for people wh ....
Very interesting is how the democrats are playing trumps bad week. And this is really key i think for the Republicans Holding onto the senate. Mark as you saw yesterday unendorsed donald trump. Bob portman is not quite there but moving away from donald trump after the comments about judge curry. We have bob courtman on the show later on. And whats fascinating about bob portman, he put out basically a call to potential donors that you have to give me money, please give me money because im being targeted right now by harry reid and a 20 milliondollar super pac to take me out as senator of ohio. The democrats think that all of these guys in these sort of marginally red states or swing states. Purple states, could gite way, they think those guys are vulnerable. Kirk is one, portman is one, and what theyll do is try to attach them with donald trump and some of his outlandish statements, particularly this statement about judge. And ....
The leader of the National Front threatens to sue reporters that suggests that the anti Immigration Party is anything the mainstream. Anything but mainstream. We will also have our media watch segment. The hour begins in the newsroom. Hello again. Main headlines this hour. It recommends stripping berlusconi of his seat following convictions of tax fraud. The former premier maintains he is a victim of open data. Victim o f f a vendetta. Pope francis marks the day of warning after the shipwreck that killed 100 people. Authorities are calling on me eu to rethink its immigration policy. Getting their voices heard. 60 Syrian Refugees staged a sit in. For the right to seek asylum in france. They remain determined to move on to the destination of choice britain. Before we develop those headlines, lets go to the developing s ....
Is detrstroying older ways of le and that attraattracts people o gives recesenment. And the jews are tied to capitalism. When it comes to the way people think of capitalism, one of the interesting theme is i found when premodern thinkers thought about finance and money making they connected it to the jews because of their history as merchants in the middle ages. And i found when i was writing an earlier book, the way in which modern thinkers thought about capitalism was the way they thought about jews. And then there was the fact that because of jews commercial background and a number of other reasons, when jews found themselves in situations in the modern world where they had equality of legal opportunity, they did well in capitalistic societies. And that led to envy and in the wake of the holocaust, jews themselves, while they thought among themselves saw this dis o disproportion, they tended to die it down. And in the decades after the holocaust, their tended to be less of it. In re ....
Said jews had been intimately connected with the history of capitalism. In ways in which people have thought about capitalism and the actual practice. When it comes to the way people think of capitalism, one of the interesting themes is that i found with three modern thinkers the of commerce about financing and money making they connected with the jews with a deep historical reasons as merchants in general with the middle ages and often enough when i was writing an earlier book that the way modern intellectuals thought about capitalism was related to the way they thought about jews. Then the fact because of their commercial background for a number of other reasons, when jews found themselves in situations of the modern world with a modicum of legal opportunity theyve would be disproportionately both the and capitalist cited societies because in some cultures especially those suspicious of Commerce World where it was felt to the is ....