john d. rockefeller and all those shiny dimes that all those people put on the stairs to his future rail monument, but i had to carry it forward to where we are now, so the book grew a little longer. i did my best to keep it short and succinct, but in the process of doing this, i workedded closely with two things that bear examination for a variety of reasons. one of them was the "forbes" magazine's richest 400 published every year, and that is a fascinating source of information. it's -- it's designed to speak among other things to our fondness for the rich. the information itself is conveyed in essentially what is a sell -- celebrateed mode, and this was has z -- as the economy turned decisively south by something bill gates and warren buffet decided to do with the giving pledge. the giving pledge is interesting because it worked largely, the two men worked largely with the "forbes" 200 list in the beginning and the goal was to get people to pledge, in forming an illegal character of the pl

andrew carnegie was steel john d. rockefeller with oil and and and rockefeller was particularly famous for this has been books written about how he would he would conspire with the local railroad to refuse and they would refuse to carry kerosene or oil products of his competitors he'd run into his competitors out of business and they'd buy them up or drop the price run him out of business and buy them up and he was doing this he was based out of ohio when he was doing this and the state of ohio actually made it illegal and senator sherman from ohio made a made a federal law out of this a fact too without going into a whole long story about john d. rockefeller that was the sherman antitrust act originally proposed one hundred eighty one and finally passed one nine hundred ninety s. and it really got in force in the early one thousand nine hundred by teddy roosevelt and by republican both republicans and then by president after and the last time it was used was by jimmy carter ultimately to break up a t. and t. nixon st

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rockefeller iii, and i told the history in part through the tension between john d. rockefeller iii on one side and john patton, the congressman from texas on the other, one of the great challenges of one of the great opponents of the foundation world, the charitable world. or at least raised questions about it. and one of rockefeller's great hopes before he died, i think too early in the car accident, was there would be some type of charity commission that would become the source of these good ideas. there's one in england i think hoped to see come to true mission the united states. but the idea died with him. i think we should all be considering those types of institutional approaches to help put the spotlight and create incentives for effectiveness as well. >> host: when you mention the history, you cover a very interesting explosion, the explosive growth that occurred, especially, 195 -- 1954 there were changes in the tax codes and the ability to create nonprofits game like a spaghetti factory, and before it was much more difficult to do. and actually some of the

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i actually write about, has been much discussed, the sector came from some of the early works of john d. rockefeller the third, and i told the history of the checkable sector in part through the tension between john d. rockefeller the third on one side and that congressman from texas on the other to a sort of one of the great challenges of the great opponents i think of the foundation world of the checkable world, or at least the very question about it. one of rockefeller's great hopes before he died, i think you're in a car exit would be some type of charity commission that would become the source of credi good. this one in england. i hope we hope to see that come to fruition in the states, the idea that terrible forms died with them. i think we should all be considering those types of institutional approaches to help with the spotlight and create incentives for effectiveness as well. >> host: when you mentioned the history, you cover a very interesting explosion, the explosive growth that occurred, especially you noted that 1954 there were changes in the tax code and the ability to gr

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carved up markets and left some people out same thing happened with standard oil you mention last hour john d. rockefeller controlling ninety percent of oil production and actually in league with the railroad barons choosing the markets. it would succeed in the ones that would fail and as a country we decided in the early twentieth century that government acts as a steward for the common good and when it comes to the commodity inputs for every part of american business and society there is a role for oversight for price controls for ensuring that every american is served every american is protected and we have world class service so you're talking about the sherman antitrust act in the eighteen eighties teddy roosevelt's trust busting taft even picked that up and carried it forward it is that this and but in one thousand i think was eighty two in the early in the reagan administration. actually stopped in force in the sherman act eight hundred he had been broken up and his his directive to the justice department led to this explosion of acquisitions it was the m.n.a. frenzy of the early eight

they ultimately can from some of the early works of john d. rockefeller and i told the history of the charitable sector in part through the tension between john rockefeller on one side and the congressman from texas on the other who was one of the great challengers opponents i think in the foundation and the charitable world or at least raise questions about it. too early the root of the nature of the organization that would have become the source of these good ideas. there's one in england i think that he hoped to see that came to fruition of the states that idea of the charitable forms died with them and it's worth considering those types of institutional approach is to help put the spotlight and create incentives for the effectiveness as well. >> when you mention the history, you cover a very interesting explosion, the explosive growth that occurred especially you noted the 1954 there were changes in the tax code and the ability to create nonprofits became like a spaghetti factory whereas before it was much more difficult to do. some of the

third and i told the history of the charitable sector in part to the through the tension between john d. rockefeller the third on one side and the congressman from texas on the other who was one of the great challengers of the opponents of the charitable role and one of rockefeller's great hopes before he died two early in the car accident that there would be a charity commission that would become the source of these great ideas. there is one in england and we hope to see it come to fruition in the states that the idea of the charitable -- died with him. we should consider those institutional approaches to help put the spotlight on more effectiveness as well. >> host: when you mention the history you cover a very interesting explosion, the explosive growth that occurred especially you noted that in 1954 there were changes to the tax code and the ability to create nonprofits became like a spaghetti factory whereas before it was much more difficult to do. and actually some of the research that i did on this, prior to that change basically a judge and a state would have their own subjectiv

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theodore roosevelt to break up standard oil and help keep those nations early corporate tycoons like john d. rockefeller andrew carnegie in check thanks to the sherman act small businesses were able to thrive without the fear of having all their competitors bought out by big corporations and those having themselves be squashed like a bug or pushed out of the marketplace. it worked from the george washington administration until the reagan administration and then it all changed as soon as reagan became president the era of deregulation in america began. within a few years of taking office reagan's assault on small business was in full gear as he essentially stopped in force of the sherman act m n a artists an l.b.o. guys and all manner of mergers acquisitions and leveraged buyout hustlers rose to prominence talmud in the headlines throughout the one nine hundred eighty s. as a result all across the country local businesses were being put out of business is large corporations took over and dominated industry after industry giant megastores like wal-mart and target replaced local convenience s

markets and left some people out same thing happened with standard oil you mention in the last hour john d. rockefeller controlling ninety percent of oil production and actually in league with the railroad barons choosing the markets that would succeed in the ones that would fail and as a country we decided in the early twentieth century that government acts as a steward for the common good and when it comes to these commodity inputs for every part of american business and society there is a role for oversight for a price controls for ensuring that every american is served every american is protected and we have world class service so you're talking about the sherman antitrust act in the eighty's teddy roosevelt's trust busting taft even picked that up and carried it forward is that this and but in one thousand i think was eighty two in the early in the reagan administration. actually stopped in force in the sherman act of eighty and he had been broken up and his his directive to the justice department led to this explosion of acquisitions it was the m.n.a. frenzies of the early eighty's a

now i make this argument it is stupid left brain thinking said john mackey. dis book conscious catalisms says busininess is noble and we should start explaining that the ability. >> it is the greatest value creator. it has lifted billions out of poverty. consider 85 percent lived on less than $1 per day now with a 16%. if we embrace economic freedom prosperity follows. john: how would you explain it? even my closest friends don't get it. but by and large it hurts people. it takes from the pork and gives to the rich. >> it's not true. it has lifted more people out of poverty over 200 years than any other thing that has existed. it is a great value creator otherwise if the critics critics, intellectuals who have always hated business captures the narrative. it is selfish, greedy, explicative and that needs to be challenged and cnged. john: your book is called conscious capitalism that most not conscious? >> apparently not. most business people are not conscious of the great value they are creating. there on the defensive, they cannot articulate why business is go

i think i am going to rest in the shadow of john d. taylor here and say that i don't have any better opinions than that. what happened was the bubble was begun by housing policy, created much more demand for housing, the bubble grew to very large size by 2003, john b. taylor picked up at that point and argues that that is when the acceleration occurred as a result of the fed's lower interest rates. i think i will stick with that. my view is without the housing problem that was created by the government's housing policy we would not ever have been in a position where the lower interest rates between 2003 conlan 2005 would have caused any kind of financial crisis. ones thing i would like to mention that john touched on, the importance of dodd-frank, legislation that takes over an industry, the book covers this but people have not noticed this is very much like obamacare. obamacare, the same thing was done and that is the industry is left in private hands. the shareholders were still in charge theoretically but the industry is so heavily

like west virginia's john d. rockefeller. michigan's carl levin. iowa's thomas harkin. how real is the possibility democrats become a senate minority in 2014? >> a very real possibility. you have a lot of democrats retire, not very strong in these red states. mary landrieu in louisiana, mark pryor in arkansas. probably see advantage. a report in "the post" republicans are worried about specifically avoiding todd akin-style candidates who make dumb comments about rape or abortion in which they lose races republicans could win. they're talking about message. specifically getting candidates to talk about abortion, gay marriage, sensitive issues in very intelligent ways and not stupid ways. remember bobby jindal, we can't be the stupid party anymore. that's what they're talking about. >> dan, perry alluded to something that caught my attention from the nrsc report. the idea the nrsc will remain neutral unless an unelectable fringe candidate emerges. what might that mean for republican primaries in 2013 and 2014? >> a change in the policy ar 2010. the reason rnc were on the

john: even police d not understand, he said that roberts kids leton aid stand violated the law. >> two officers the previous day bought lemonade from them, and tipped them. john: in scottsdale, arizona, the doctor is accused of breaking city's nuisance maintenance or ordinance, his crime, the tree in the backyard it is a wrong kind. >> i could face imprisonment for 6 mths. john: you bought the house partly bought of the tree. >> but the tree was not on planning and development services department list of approved trees, but there are a bunch in the area. john: you point this out to the authorities. >> they say let us know who they are we will cite them as well. john: in california, jeff ni and chuck were fined for holding bible studies in their home. >> a conditional use permit. >> goes down a road of traffic studies, earthquake traffics this could be tens of thousands of dollars. john: ask them how many people in a meeting? >> code enforcer and his boss that was there said, more than 3. >> have you more than 3 kids. >> i have 5. john: famous people accused of breaking the law can figh

john d. bates, who presided over a case wrote how is a judicial approval is required when the united states decides to target a u.s. citizens overseas for electronic surveillance? judicial scrutiny is prohibited when the united states decides to target a citizen overseas for death. yet there is something equally terrifying, i would suggest more terrifying, about a government to protect its people from ongoing attacks from citizens overseas. in dealing with major al qaeda figures to hold american citizenship, the obama administration has confronted a slippery slope with not one, but to distinct bottoms. down one side lies a government that can do terrible things without justification or oversight. on the other side is a government powerless to confront real threats to the safety and lives of its real citizens while terrorist figures operate from sanctuaries in the mcgoverns basis. it is not enough to avoid sliding down one of these slippery slopes. u.s. policy must avoid both. without the back

even former governor john huntsman notice d a fox connection at the republican debates.e said i looked down the debate stage and half of them were probably on fox contracts at one point in their career. >> they end up on the contract after their political career. this is the sad aspect of when the fairness doctrine ended. when i first started off in talk radio, we had a fairness doctrine. if you had one side on, you had to have the other side on. now, you can own all the media out lets in a single town and drown out the other voices. >> i have nothing against people having opinions. i certainly express mine. but to be reading other people's talking points, using their graphics and then asking them questions like they don't know what you're going to ask what the answers are, now, that is not an opinion. that's trying to play the public as being stupid. joe ma dayson, thank you for your time tonight. >> always good to see you. like, in selma, really enjoyed it. why we must continue to fight next. first kid you ready? [ female announcer ] second kid by their second kid, eve

think if james cameron ever gets to the bottom of the marianas trench, he's going to find a statue to john d. rockefeller erected by the whales, and once a year they do a pilgrimage to the statue and do the whale thing. >> host: doug in mercer island, washington, please go ahead with your question or comment. >> caller: good morning, gentlemen. i very much appreciate what c-span does. i'm hoping to give a little ammo to the professor for his myth about jfk's assassination being due to a conspiracy to continue the vietnam war. i had a radio show many years ago called relooking history, and i had donald kagan of yale and walt rostow who was national security adviser both to kennedy and johnson for a while and asked him that very question. and he said, bunk. he said jack kennedy, before he died, had no intention of withdrawing from vietnam. thank you. >> guest: no, you're absolutely right. and, um, i'm sure many of of our viewers have seen jfk, the oliver stone movie, and the premise of that is that johnson has kennedy killed in order to sell more bell helicopters, because bell helicopters were

d c c t.v. correspondent john way thinks the u.s.moves are doing little to ensure mutual respect and dialogue between the two. there used to be a superstitious belief almost in china about eight percent growth rate of the national g.d.p. for that little number has been slowed down to about seven point five percent it has to be a slow down number because china is doing this transition from a growth quantity rose in quality many argue it is extremely important to do reform reform really has been the key word for the new generation of leaders coming into power recently mr legal challenge who is the now the cut chinese premier he's been talking about reform is the largest evidence china can enjoy for its course for the progress president mr xi jinping after being elected was calling him a delay to our president obama and he advocated if the two countries could have mutual respect and openness to one another things can be better and he's been talking about a new kinds of relations between new powers and that of course the definition is no

john bolton was named president of "redeye". >> you are so devious. that is what you should be president of the united states d eye." >> president of "red eye," john bolton. >> as is tradition, the president of "red eye" will deliver a state of the show address. ambassador, you have the floor. >> mr. gutfeld, mr. schulz, mr. levey, distinguished guest and my loyal "red eye" viewers. a short time ago i was declared the president of "red eye." it is the single greatest thing to ever happen to this nightly train wreck. for the first time in six years, "red eye" has a clear vision of what it needs to be successful. me. i'm happy to report that "red eye --" red eye" host has stopped taking prescription pills before each show. i believe this course of action will help him finally to be able to correctly pronounce difficult words like man tie manti te'o, irreconcilable and the. "red eye" sidekick, bill schulz is as pointless as ever. i recommend that he be replaced with a muskrat or raccoon. what is important is that they don't bite the other guests. "red eye" ambudsman's andy levy is faithful to whatever he does on

john dewey. irwin and her come compatriots d against the rote them to zigs and strict discipline of the day. she believed children should read and write and do sums on their own timetable, and that it was even harmful to force them to do it faster. she believed that their emotional development was as important as their intellectual development. she said that the most important thing that a school could do was get children into the habit of being happy. most importantly, she believed and her fellow progressive educators believed that a school must instill in children's minds the ability to think independently so that they could participate fully in the american democracy. in 1932 elizabeth irwin's classes were at tp41 -- ps41, and the city at that point withdrew its funding from the experiment. and the parents were so upset their children would not be able to take classes with elizabeth irwin that they banded together and in manager that's famous in the school lore, at a parents' ice cream parlor they got together the money or started to get together the money to start their own school. and s

turn to congressman bill pascrell of new jersey with us tonight, and also congresswoman rosa d rosa delauro and johnn. great to have all of you with us. rosa, boehner says the republicans don't have a plan, but they obviously did. are they just counting on people not paying attention to this stuff? >> i think they're just in their own universe. you pointed out and it's been pointed out over and over again, the president has laid many plans at their doorstep to see what they might be willing to do. our colleague, congressman chris van hollen introduced a substitute in the house side, and quite frankly that. >> wouldn't even allow it to come up. they really want to go down this road of the sequester. and by the way, if the speaker doesn't know how bad this would be, all he needs to do is listen to ben bernanke about what kind of an effect this would have on economic recovery. all he has to do is listen to the national association of business economists who said sequestration is a bad idea. but i would suggest to him that he talk to one of the 25,000 women who is going to be unwilling -- unable to be a

john, sit down for a second. the gourdo gecko speech in the movie is famous and it's greed with a d not with a b.t's not greeb. >> check your shoulder pads, human league, the 80s are over. greed is done it the did the its job. the wealthy are wealthier than every before. our corporations corporations an unprecedented hoards of cash. we need a word for when you want everything but still want more. >> jon: i'm pretty sure it's still greed. >> not according to the merriam-hodgeman dictonary. >> jon: i thought it was merriam-webster. >> i merged wit. i cost me an ingroceneous amount of money. >> jon: that's not a word. >> it wasn't, it is now. >> jon: those mergers were not good for the economy and not for consumers. >> who? >> jon: the consumers, the people, the people who are always right. the people that you are trying to serve. >> no, i don't see that in here. i see termination, child labor. there's ingroceneous, obviously but not in this one. >> jon: if these merger aren't great for the economy why are the financial reporters so excited about all these merger? >> they are exciting, jon. they are