galbraith was an economist. he was part the court of camelot with the kennedy administration. he remained, as an advisor to johnson, he is a was a tremendously urbane, witty, gracious, public intellectual. he published often and in the case of the affluent society, he was indicting americans. we are now in 1958. we're moving toward the end of the fifties. we mired in eisenhower stability. we are stealing our wealth as a society we are still sitting on top of the world diplomatically. we still view ourselves as the nation that one, the second world war. we're not we haven't discussed that yet with the russians. and galbraith says around what is it that you are actually and he he makes this he levels this charge he says take typical american family out for a week weekend outing. the family which takes its mauve and saris air conditioned power steering and power braked automobile out for tour passes through cities that are badly paved made hideous by litter blight of buildings, billboards and posts for wires that should long since have been put. they pass on into a countryside th

john galbraith. he was a witty and gracious public intellectual who published often. in the case of the affluent society, he was indicting americans. we are moving to the end of the 50s. we are mired in eisenhower stability. we are feeling our wealth as a society. we are on top of the world diplomatically. we view ourselves as a nation that won the second world war. we haven't discussed that yet with the russians. galbraith says, look around. what is it that you are actually getting? he makes this charge. he says, take a typical american family. they are out for a weekend outing. the family has an automobile out for a tour. it passes through cities that are badly paved, made hideous by litter, billboards, and posts with wires that should've been put underground. they pass into a countryside that has been rendered largely invisible by commercial art. they picnic on packaged food from a portable icebox by polluted stream and spend the night at a park which is a menace to public health and morals, just before dozing off on an air mattress, omitted the stench of decaying

as galbraith explained in this way, private economic is held in check by the counter veiling power of those who are subjugated to it. the first begets the second and justice sometimes requires state action. something even laissez faire types admit. so labor markets promoting countervailing power require requires government backing to offset the asymmetry that is otherwise created by employees going up against a few employers. otherwise, most rationally choose to put up with a bully boss or to suffer precarious hours and low wages. or rather, take the risks associated with action. this was the logic behind the 1935 labor relations national labor relations act, which sought to encourage unionization and collective bargaining, and the 1938 fair labor standards act, which created federal minimum wage and overtime protections. the result? union membership peaked in 1945 at 33%, up from 2.7% at the turn of the 20th century and remained high throughout the 1950s and sixties. under pre-new deal conditions, the asset class went to survive or pitched battles against bosses that sometimes threat

buckley famously said he was a conservative but not on saturday night he's hanging out with john galbraith at truman's the podium et cetera. my faith is catholic and as long as they are going to mass they are notdo quite sure when you stand upve and kneel down. i sit in the front row. i know when to applaud, i'm one with the audience and that makes a difference. i am a true believer. >> many of your letters and those of us who've been involved in the media or politics over the years have received these and they are often one line paragraphs and then the three or four pages and they repeat. what's the effectiveness? >> oneli of the many reasons i like direct mail is i don't have to guess does this work or does that work because we take a million and a split in half, 500,000 get to this opinion, the short paragraphs and 500,000 get the long paragraphs and it's been tested billions and billions of letters so we know that a good long eight page letter is going to alta pull a seven-page letter up to a point. people don't read itt but they scan itt and kinda flip through look at this and that. y

mark galbraith, florida police galbraith, former florida police sergeant team member, sergeant and swate. >> thank you for your time. thank you . thank you. >> at least three people have been injured after a rocket strike in southern tel aviv . it strike in southern tel aviv. it comes as israel's military says it struck numerous terror targets in overnight raids into central gaza. >> meanwhile, the concerns on the humanitarian crisis in gaza are mounting . the united nations are mounting. the united nations chief there saying only crumbs of aid are making into gaza, though there has been another convoy of some ten lorries. this morning with medical staff on board. but ministers here at least continuing to resist the calls for a ceasefire in the middle east. but still, there's concern that the conflagration could spread across the rest of the region as well. >> joining us now is paul rodgers, professor of peace studies at bradford university. good afternoon to you, paul. we've been talking today about that rocket strike in tel aviv . that rocket strike in tel aviv. hamas, they are still

listen to what james galbraith said, whatever stories americans are told about the strength of the economynder president joe biden, they are not going to be persuaded to look past the issue of their own living standards. and biden doesn't seem to get that message. >> he thinks it's a story, he thinks the economy is a narrative, like it's p.r. spin. the economy of any issue is a thing you taste, you touch, you smell, it's life that you live. people know their own debt situation, they know their credit card balances. to try to tell them otherwise is complete folly and out of touch where america is. and that's the lesson of bidenomics, out of touch economic plan. >> john: it's the big money show, brian brenberg, and jackie deangelis. see you soon. >> jacqui: new jersey senator bob menendez and hunter biden are both expected back in federal court. could their dual cases be getting different treatment by the justice department. plus this. >> i don't know why this has gotten so much attention. i was in a rush to go vote, man. >> john: squad man bowman says he doesn't understand why pulling the f

now the fliers show their son, 26 year old davis foglia, and his girlfriend, 21 year old kaylee galbraith couple moved to the city together last year. they don't want to leave the other out here in this, you know, this jungle. well their son seen smiling on a fishing trip, had been arrested just days ago in dublin for drug possession and was quickly set free. he called his mom saturday, saying he wanted to get help and making arrangements to meet with them yesterday. but he did not show up. he has to want to get help and the second he wants help, all i'm all in now. the parents say they found their son last night about 8:00. he didn't want to go with them because they could not find his girlfriend. and he said he didn't want to leave her out on the streets. san francisco has recently taken steps to crack down on fentanyl dealers who can now be charged with homicide. that person knows what they're selling, has a potential to kill you. now, fentanyl is a synthetic opioid 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more than morphine. the parents say they're hoping to meet up with their s