the oracle group organized the discussion for their weakly interview program, in the cafe with mocha. for more information visit theoraclegroup.net and click on the "show" tab. >> deborah gordon in 2009, how many cars or on the road in the worlded . >> there are just over a billion cars on the world's roads, the not just cars, motor vehicles, cars, trucks, buses, lots of scooters and two wheel,in asia, and on the road today. >> how many in the u.s. >> in the u.s., about 300,000. >> 300,000 or 300 million. >> i mean 300 million. >> that is too many. >> is it too many? this is the issue, the issue is if we want -- if what we have, the mobility we have, which is wonderful, if we want to replicate that for the world, we can't do it the way -- the world can't do it the way we have done it. in terms of oil, internal combustion, there is not going to be enough air, enough in terms of climate change, enough oil, to do what we have done for -- growth towards 2 billion cars. >> has the world tried to emulate the u.s.? >> it's at a crossroads, china, india and, brazil, russia, most of asia, are

. >> john talbot described as the oracle of the financial world exposes what he says are the biggest myths about the current recession. wall street's role it in and how to get out of it. barnes & noble in new york hosted this event. it's an hour. >> thank you all for coming. it's a rainy flight out there as i found out the hard way. i'm going to give you short opening remarks remarks remarksy of time for questions i would like to thank the folks at c-span for being here today and filming us. i just returned from an economics conference in italy. one of the sessions was a mock trial in which the economists of the world were put on trial, accused of completely missing the warning signs of the current crisis, not predicting it, doing nothing to prevent it, and thus far, doing little to help enact smart reforms to end it. i had to give a talk on my book at the same time as the mock trial across town in italy, but i didn't want to miss it so i sent roberto, the chief prosecutor of the child, and himself a top economist, the following memo. it was entitled, witness for the prosecution, and

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