the manhattan institute's oren cass takes a critical look at u.s. labor and economic policies and suggests ways to improve them. spent the model of economic development for several generations is the content to the economic pie is that we will grow the economy and if we need do we will redistribute so everyone can have more than they did before. redistribution is about four times what it was so the map with all the purple spot -- blotches is exactly what we are promised and what we said we are going for when we said we are going to grow the economic pie and as long as on net we when we can compensate the loser. the darker the red the morgue -- the loser is going up at the same time most of this was intuitively and all of the evidence where we are as a nation tells us this is deeply problematic. so i think the right analogy is to kind of the classic romantic comedy where the trailer in tones about the lead figure. she had it all or so she thought. she had the apartment of the car in the cool job and yet she's not happy because these superficial thing

the manhattan institute's oren cass takes a critical look at u.s. labor and economic policies and suggests ways to improve them. spent the model of economic development for several generations is the content to the economic pie is that we will grow the economy and if we need do we will redistribute so everyone can have more than they did before. redistribution is about four times what it was so the map with all the purple spot -- blotches is exactly what we are promis

. >> that was oren cass the author of "the once and future worker". you can watch the rest of this program by visiting our web site and searching oren cass book at the top of the page. up next some booktv a visit to the national press club where author thomas reston spoke about the future of the democratic party. >> host: we want to introduce you to opt their thomas reston. what is your background? cassmack i've been up to my roots in politics but i'm also civil rights guide and i started off as a journalist. a newspaper guy and i'm a democrat but i have got questions about the party. i think it's been wondering around a lot in the last generation. i've written a book about the soul of the party and that the democrats lost their soul and what do they need to do to get it back. it's a cheerful optimistic book. >> host: what makes you a democrat or would he think the democratic party soul should be? >> guest: i think the soul of the party is in its core ideals and not in the details of its policies. things like the fight for the outsider and the individ