i think ultimately, that will make a huge difference. >> i want to thank john lott for being with us today. please get this book. it is important. [applause] [applause] >> spend the weekend in wichita, kansas, with book tv in american history tv. saturday at noon eastern, literary life with book tv. american presidents and black entrepreneurs, from business and black-and-white. and dennis money on the beechcraft in the barnstormer and the lady. also, browse the bookstore. kansas aviation museum. a kansas civil rights movement in 1958. they sent him for service at the drugstore. once a month, c-span's content explores literary life across america. .. washington journal airs every day starting at 8:00 a.m. eastern. next, james talks about inequalities in the global economy. his book "inequality and instability." a study of the world economy just before the great crisis. he spoke at m.i.t. international studies. it's an hour and fifteen minutes. greets. thank you for coming to this quorum hosted by m.i.t. center for international studies. my name is david i'm an associate prefer here. b

. >> i want to thank john lott for being with us today. please get this book. it isifteen minutes. greets. thank you for coming to this quorum hosted by m.i.t. center for international studies. my name is david i'm an associate prefer here. before i introduce the speakers i want to talk about the foryum of the event. we're going to talk about with the professor speaking about his book. we'll have discussions and comments by rachael, and then we will open up the floor to q and a. again during that time we ask that you come forward and use the microphones that are available on the floor. so first of all, we're happy to have professor james here with us today. he's the junior chairman in government business relations and professor of government at the university of texas at austin. he is a senior score lar of the economics institute and chair of the board of economists for peace and economy. he writes a column for mother jones and occasional commentary in many other publications. the new book which he's talks about today is inequality and instability a study of the world economy just

than grover norquist and john lott talk about jobs and economy under president obama. the book is debacle. later, economist james galbraith discusses inequalities in the global economy. >> i think the problem is with walter cronkite people cms the friendly man, which he was to everybody but there's another side of him that wanted to be the best. he was obsessed with ratings and beating the huntley brinkley report every night and he is probably the fiercest competitor i've ever written about and i've written about presidents and generals and cronkite's desire to defeat the bust was very pronounced. >> next, tv and radio talkshow host's tavis smiley and princeton professor, cornel west, talk about poverty and the united states. their book is, "the rich and the rest of us." they spoke last month that hunter college in new york city. this is about one hour and 20 minutes. [applause] >> thank you.yo first of all dr. green thank you for the invitation to be here tonight. dr. west and i are on ahat three-week tour across the country for this new text, "the rich and the rest o

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