to wrinkle and hubbard -- read glenn hubbard, when you see it in person, the most unlikely places, thata whole new ballgame. that is when you realize it is not just good policy, this is a moral imperative. yourself, whatk else is america for? if not for the people who want to start over? who could be more american than the person who has been to hell and back? what is the american dream if it is not the search for redemption? i have to tell you, to hear the stories and meet these people, it is an amazing morale boost. i have been discussing our nation's problems with the best policy minds of the years. they are brilliant. great. take it from me, if you're looking for a few words of encouragement, the last person anu should look to is economist. our palms keep multiplying and no one knows the way forward. that's when i started to think, when you are in a gym, it is good to have a sense of history. what you really need his creativity. how do we take adversity enter into opportunity -- and turn it into opportunity? i tried for four years to get a budget with this government. was i going to

it is one thing to have read your glenn hubbard. i recommend that. [laughter] is wanting toit understand on a purely intellectual level the economic need to empower an individual. when you see it in person, in the most unlikely of places, that as a whole new ballgame. that is when you realize it is not just good policy. this is a moral imperative. , whatart to ask yourself else is america for if not for the people who want to start over? who can be more american than the person who has been to hell and back? what is the american group -- american dream if it is not the search for redemption? to hear the series and meet the people, it is an amazing more albums. i have been -- more owl -- mor ale boost. they are brilliant, they are great. if you want a few words of encouragement, the last person you should look to is an economist. no offense, glenn, wherever you are. no one seems to know the way forward. i started to think a few years is goodn in a jam, it to have a sense of history but you really need creativity. how do we take adversity and turn it i

i was talking with marty feldstein -- excuse me, glenn hubbard. >> big difference. >> and, you know, we were talking about how many economists have resigned themselves to a low growth, 1.5%-2% range for the u.s. you believe with your economic policies we can grow 3.5% plus. could you summarize the key components of that plan and, if possible, quantify the contribution to the increased growth? >> certainly. i think that i watched the world and i look at china and other countries and if china goes down with gdp to 7% or even 8%, it's like they'll have a revolution. and then what do they do? they start devaluing, devaluing, they do all sorts of things and get it back on track one way or the other, and i've had friends come to me that have been devastated, people that are manufacturers -- that are great manufacturers, very successful people, but they become less and less success ful because they can't beat the system. and this way, too, it's a rigged system. and they're almost doing well and then, boom, there's a mess of devaluation in china or other countries and there are plenty of oth

or for every glenn hubbard there will be text books that don't do as well.t we do is invest a huge amount of time choosing the that so it's important you have experts in their subjects but also those who are great teachers. we draw on the very best of learning sciences and understand how young people learn and also pear-to-pear reviews is important. so engaging the wider economic community, the more they hope to share the course and shape the courts and more invested they are in wanting to teach that course. so there's a really big investment in research and talent that goes into developing new courses and obviously much more in the digital version. tom: john, what do you do at the junior or high school level in america? what do you do with the younger kids to get them going with the rig ors you mentioned of academics? john: well, i think one of the things that's really interesting particularly in america, we're seeing a big growth in what we are calling advanced placement so more and more students in high school who are taking college courses. this is impor

. >> i was talking with marti feldstein of, excuse me, with glenn hubbard, who is the dean of the columbia school. >> big difference. [laughter] >> and, you know, we're talking about how many economists have resigned themselves to a low growth, one 1/2, 2% range for the u.s. you believe, with your economic policies we can grow;[úñ 3 1/2% plus. could you summarize the key components of that plan and, if possible, quantify the contribution to the increased growth. >> certainly. i think that, i watched the world and i look at china and other countries, and if china goes down with gdp to 7%, or even 8%, it is like they will have a revolution. and what do they(aç do? they start devaluing, devaluing. they do all sorts of things and get it back on track one way or the other. i have friend come to me that have been devastated, people that are manufacturers, great manufacturers, very successful people but they become less and less successful because they can't beat the system. in this way too it's a rigged system. they're almost doing well and boom, there is massive devaluation in china or other co

glenn hubbard, the dean of columbia's graduate school of business, as well as peter orszag. peter is the vice-chairman of --managing director of lazard. >> thank you for coming to speak to us today. i wanted to go back asking you, why didn't i america succeed in the first place, how we address the challenges. as you spoke, the answer to both of those was opportunity to growth. in the past couple of years, you spent time talking to the american people about growth. as you go through a better way in your agenda, how would you prioritize policies that would get growth back to where it needs to be? speaker ryan: that's a great question. we decided -- we, meaning republicans in october -- it is one of the reasons i took the job. one was to be able to go home o weekends.on other was this. then we basically thought, what are the key things we have to get done that are so critical? growth is core. i would say there are a few things. first, tax reform is absolutely critical, one of the things that is holding us back. second is the regulatory state. two of the six planks in this plan

. >> i was talking with marty feldstein -- excuse me, with glenn hubbard, the dean of the columbia business school -- >> that's a big difference. [ laughter ] >> and we were talking about how many economists have resigned themselves to low growth, 1.5%, 2% range for the u.s. you believe with your economic policies we can grow 3.5% plus. could you summarize the key components of that plan and, if possible, quantify the contribution to the increased growth? >> certainly. i think that -- i watch the world and i look at china and other countries and if china goes down with gdp to 7% or 8% it's like they'll have a revolution and then what do they do? they start devaluing, devaluing, they do all sorts of things then they get it back on track one way or the other and i've had friends come to me that have been devastated. people in are manufacturers that are great manufacturers, very successful people but they've become less and less successful because they can't beat the system. in this way, too, it's a rigged system and they're almost doing well and then, boom, there's a massive devaluation in ch