Media. We are proud of the realignment here at hudson. The podcast launched last year and i recommend especially for those who havent been following that you take a look at the episodes from last year. Particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh holly. Chris rinaldi. Mike gallagher. Mike durand and others. Its an excellent program, partly because of the two people that put it together. Their ability to bring out topics and move the argument along. I want to thank them for that. We are happy to launch this Years Program with Michael Michael lind. A prolific writer of more than a dozen books. Michael is a professor at lyndon b. Johnson school of Public Affairs at the university of texas. Important for tonights conversation, he is the author of the new class war. Saving democracy from the managerial elite. The book was published today. So we are here at the launch. Congratulations on the new book. Whether you agree with his interpretation of western politics, h
Have guessed, ben meza ms. Rics not here today, the author of bitcoin billionaires. I know. He got really sick this morning and just absolutely couldnt makeld it, so i will talk a lite bit about t his book come just r those of you who are wondering. [inaudible] [applause] we are going to lead time at the end for ideas q a as well, to please be thinking that your questions from mike. Have an interactive conversation with you. Let me justit are, actually goig to start is by sing a words about the book before we just do the deep dive into mike and his book. For anyt of you havent checked it out yet its called bitcoin billionaires and its the story of the window lost twins and yes, you may remember them from the facebook story. They were the brothers at harvard who actually hired Mark Zuckerberg to help them t build out their social Network Platform at harvard. Mark was the software developer, the code, the engineer who help them build the platform but then he actually ended up spinning aw
We welcome your comments via text. That is 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from and you can post your comments on facebook, x and instagram cspanwj. The Biggest Challenges you see facing American Workers, things like job security, pay, remote work, unions, etc. 202 7488000 is the line to use for those of you who are working. 202 7488001, if you are unemployed or looking for work. We will get to your comments and suggestions momentarily on washington journal. We will start with nerd while its look at seven stats about American Workers. They do a lot of financial facts. Labor day snaps not, seven thats about American Workers. When labor day became a federal holiday in 1894 before Artificial Intelligence and remote work, the American Workforce faced other significant disruptions. Workers were beginning to leave the farming jobs that up until the 1800s had made over half the work force. According to a 19 66 Wesleyan University study, many of those farmers as well a
Living paychecktopaycheck and the sector of Union Strikes looms larger than it has in years. A partial look at how things are on this labor day. Welcome to washington journal. We begin asking you about the Biggest Challenges you see facing American Workers. Going in the discussion. If you are currently employed and working, the line is 202 7488000. If you are looking for work, unemployed, 202 7488001. If you are retired, use 202 7488002. We welcome your comments via text. That is 202 7488003. Tell us your name and where you are texting from and you can post your comments on facebook, x and instagram cspanwj. The Biggest Challenges you see facing American Workers, things like job security, pay, remote work, unions, etc. 202 7488000 is the line to use for those of you who are working. 202 7488001, if you are unemployed or looking for work. We will get to your comments and suggestions momentarily on washington journal. We will start with nerd while its look at seven stats about American W
Provide an achieving economy. We try to help people connect to Business Ownership and helping business strategies. We also spend a lot of time think about how to reconnect people to work, how to reconnect people to good jobs and stimulate the creation of good jobs. As for working in america series with think about whats going on in the changing nature of work and the United States, how should we understand that, should rethink about it and apartment what does that mean for the vast majority of americans, people and families to support themselves on their earnings to the work. We are delighted to have the support of the ford foundation, the Walmart Foundation, and the predigital foundation for our working in america series and we are grateful to them for their partnership and support as we bring this series to you. Todays conversation is around farmworkers, and we have a treat today because we have both an author who is going to be talking about her book, and a panel to include sort of