neil irwin, economics editor of the washington post wonk blog, reports the leaders of three central

researchers arg and inman also finds more than 20% of those who aren't done stories isopping yet are neil irwin. an economic columnist from the washington post. help me here. everyone in our business department is pointing to the two-day meeting coming up right? and that's going to be an important meeting. so the fed wraps up that policy meeting on wednesday. and we're all wondering an the question to you is, will they or won't they pull backnesday we gt to find out what they decide. the evidence is tapering towards not, i could be easily wrong. >> the unemployment ask down to 7%, that's improvement and the fed is most concerned about once they begin tapering, it is an end of tapering low for a belong period of time. >> neil irwin of the washington post. appreciate your time, thank you. >>> most immigrants coming to the united states are women, many struggle to find work that pays a reasonable wage. some face abuse and exploitation. some try ohelp by giving them careers in the kitchen. >> in a little kitchen in harlem something is hot. big changes in women's lives are taking shapes. challah, la

neil irwin, economics editor of the washington post wonk blog, reports the leaders of three central banks plaid major roles in avoiding an even bigger economic disaster in "the alchemieses." for an extended list and links to 2013 notable book selections, visit booktv's web site, booktv.org. >> next on booktv, eric prince, the founder of blackwater. he talks about the successes of the private mercenary group and the sacrifices that blackwater employees have made in the war on terror. this is about 50 minutes. [applause] >> well, good morning, everyone. so nice to see so many of you here early on a friday morning. of course, our special guest is erik prince, and we will be talking with him about his book, "civilian warriors," but we will also budget some time for your questions at the end of our interview. so i would encourage you as you're listening to the interview to jot down some questions, perhaps, that you might have for erik toward the end of the program. so with that said, erik, welcome. >> thank you. >> and let's get started. want to talk to you a little bit about your father. you,

and theby neil irwin washington post. we are taking your calls. in little over a month before he is set to step down. steve is from chatsworth, illinois. democrat line. caller: good morning. there are a few things he is doing wrong and has been doing wrong. keeping the interest rates low or so low we are not raising --m up sooner, he is buying or purchasing the mortgage backed securities at such a drastic level that our dollar is going to be worth less, not in two years, not in three years, but in 10-15 years. this will be the worst thing for our united states. , the top corporations 500 and all the banks, are taking advantage of this because they get such cheap interest rates. backare going to be buying all of their stocks and it is still going to be the 1% that are going to be rising because people were so scared after 2008 -- the whole collapse -- that they did not want to go into the stock market, which they should have. they did not know what to do. not for twoiting, or three years down the road, i am going to be waiting for 10 or 15 years. i

neil irwin reports the leaders of three central banks played major roles in avoiding an even bigger economic disaster in "the l alchemieses: three central bankers and a world on fire." for an extended list and links

neil irwin reports the leaders of three central banks played major roles in avoiding an even bigger economic disaster in "the l alchemieses: three central bankers and a world on fire." for an extended list and links to other publications' 2013 notable book selections, visit booktv's web site, booktv.org. >> this was a deliberate move on the part of the musharraf government to simply end with the controversy and actually blame benazir bhutto. because that was always the per sective of the musharraf -- perspective of the musharraf government, blame her. in other words, she was the one that stood out through the escape hatch to say hello to the crowd. she shouldn't have. she was responsible. so that was very much the idea when she was a victim. and, actually, i mean, she should have been protected. and there was no protection. they said that there was a box formation of an elite force of policemen that would accompany her into the rally, political rally where she was killed and after. that wasn't there. we saw videos, we saw pictures, we talked to numerous witnesses. we interviewed 250 people,