andrew moravcsik he's professor of politics and director of the european union program at princeton university's woodrow wilson school all right gentlemen with this is cross-eyed that means i want you to jump in any time you feel like you want to say something but first let's take a look at the changing landscape of the european union crisis. it is a global reserve currency they only a potentially viable alternative to the head gemini of the us dollar and the single

it's one of three books that's kicking off a series of such books from princeton university press. and to start our discussion, i want to read the press' description of what they're trying to do and then ask dr. marty to comment on it. they say that this new series recounting the complex and fascinating histories of important religious texts written for general readers by leading authors and experts is intended to trace how their reception, interpretation and influence have changed over time. often radically. as these stories remind us, all great religious books are living things whose careers in the world can take the most unexpected turns. now, dr. marty, you've also recently completed and published a biography of martin luther, a lutheran who somewhat predated dietrich bonhoeffer. [laughter] what's the difference between with writing a biography of a figure like luther and be -- and a book like bonhoeffer's? >> there are far more similarities than i thought i would find. when princeton university press described this series and asked me if i would be a kicker offer of it, it too

professor of english and author of "remembering scottsboro," published by princeton university press. thank you. >> visit booktv.org to watch any of the programs you see here online. type the author or book title in the search bar in upper left side of the page and click search or you can share anything you see on booktv.org easily by clicking share on the upper left side of the page and selecting format. booktv streams live online for 48 hours every weekend with the top nonfiction books and authors. booktv.org. >> george washington professor marcy norton. where did snickers bars and marlboro come from? >> well, we have to go way back in time, tobacco and chocolate are both native to the americas, and were developed by indians. tobacco in the distant past, several thousand years b.c., the central entry to chocolate, likewise, maybe around 3000 b.c.e. so they were central to the native americans, and when europeans, europeans had no knowledge of that until they arrived starting with columbus in 1492. and went from there. >> how are they used? >> so, tobacco was used in a whole multitud

andrew moravcsik he's professor of politics and director of the european union program at princeton university's woodrow wilson school all right gentlemen with this is cross-eyed that means i want you to jump in any time you feel like you want to say something but first let's take a look at the changing the landscape of the european union crisis. it is a global reserve currency they only a potentially viable alternative to the head gemini of the us dollar and the single currency of the world's largest developed market of consumers but ever since this establishment as part of the master treaty critics have pointed to the lack of a single political entity it to oversee the monetary union something better in two thousand and eleven is increasingly becoming the mortal flaw for the euro and potentially the eurozone it represents the eurozone now rests on the shaky basis of a confederation of states that are committed both to a monetary union and to retaining their fiscal sovereignty at a time of crisis that cannot work the hero's existential problem is that it's monetary side the only side that it ha

fool ben bernanke and we're crashing well this quote comes from alan blinder a professor at princeton university in the as a former vice chairman of the fed and he said through operation twist bernanke he is throwing sticks and stones and peashooters and b.b. guns and whatever he's got at that weak economy in the effort to make marginal improvements i don't expect any miracles from it and frankly neither do they so max we see this that often we see this junk shot over and over in the last two or three years as the whole financial system collapses but as all of our systems class we saw the junk shot in the gulf of mexico with b.p. we saw the junk shot in fukushima the junk bonds have been replaced with actual junk from the junkyard and the problem is this operation twist which for viewers who may be joining us late this is an attempt by the fed to force down long term interest rates by selling the short term paper usually it's the other way around so that's why they give it the same twist why because interest rates are zero already so they're digging deep into their bag of tricks to try to keep r

over the past few months, princeton university and cornell west and tavis smiley have been criticized and praise for challenging president obama's administration policies on poverty and the focus on unemployment in the african-american community. some wonder if their message is resonating with african-american voters. take a look. a new "washington post" abc poll shows 58% of african-americans have a strong favorability view of the president. that is a huge dip. five months ago, that number was at 83%. now it's at 58%. earlier this week, cornell west was on with my colleague. >> the question is, will he stay in when things get tough? when things get difficult. it looks like barack obama will have spine, but it could be a two-step. a speech for progressives and move it back to the center. >> the former dna communicator and analyst, a political analyst and contributor for the grio.com. 83% at one point and the slip to 58% with african-american voters. >> we have seen that and this is the latest poll. there has been slippage. two things have happened over the last few months. number one,

so eddie at princeton university recently asked, is the black chump dead? because that -- church dead? because that institution that so contributed to moral virtue has been on the decline in terms of actually influencing that generation. because home training was broad. it wasn't just at home, it was home and community. so anybody at church could smack you and tell you to shut up and pull up the pants and spit the gum out, right? you had all these aunts and uncle t. so those two things are very important, so thank you for that question. very good. yes, sir. >> good to see you again. >> hey, mark. >> i want to follow up on your point which is very important. so quick background, my sister's black, adopted into our family, and she's 17. so going through some significant questions that force these questions in our family to, um, these have been questions that have been addressed long before now, but it's different because there's a draw of the hip-hop culture, there's a rap sheet now. my sister has been involved in some activities, and i won't get into the det

person at the hummer professor of english and author of, remembering aspera, published by princeton university press. thank you. >> and now on booktv, irshad manji talks with daily beast columnist john avlon about islam in the united states of the next 10 years. this is about an hour and a half. [applause] >> it is a great pleasure to be here with you tonight. a dear friend, a brave soul and a terrific book. it is a great, important and timely conversation and is so great we are having it here. it's a simple dialog 10 years after 9/11. as you and i discussed many times, there is still, 10 years after 9/11, a struggle at home and abroad with freeman and fundamentalism and you are squarely on the side of freedom in a thank you for that in everything you do. [applause] it's amazing tenures after 9/11, there's still a few topics that we tiptoe around more than islam in america. and does you experienced in your daily conversations online with people at home and abroad, the way this has become so polarized and i want you to talk a little bit about that because we seen the rise and politicization of

kid from new jersey, played football, never been out of new jersey, gets a phone call from princeton university college, gets a call from an alum who invites him to japan. pacts a dufflebag of flies to japan ended up working for a guy named nick leeson it was a 26 year-old trader bankrupt the entire biggest bank in england by betting assets of the japanese stock market. he goes to jail and the main character of my book becomes this hotshot hedge fund cowboy, falls in love with the daughter of a japanese gangster and makes a single deal that makes $500,000,000,000.5 minutes and has to leave japan very quickly. all takes place in japan. six underground. it is kind of a story about expo actress living large in asia. i thought that was a fun book. extremely well on wall street. every wall street i had a copy of it. outside of wall street it did not really catch. reworked and the movie for a while. spacey is involved. stole the to numerous studios. bring on the house is if you want to know what i write, is what's right. between those three really. >> to questions. sex for coming by, by the way. >> t

. >> i went to princeton, the university of wash, and i have a masters in international studys from university washington. >> are you married? >> i am not. >> in turn, african american women are marrying down, meaning marrying african men who are ledge educateed and lower paid. >> most of them are well educateed and they're single. so it is unlikely they will find a black man of equal education. if they're to marry a black man chances are they will marry down. he's not instructing women to marry anyone, but he saying that african american women should open their horizons to find partner who is are similarly suited. >> as long as black women are only look at the pool of black men, they can find a situation where there are few men who are both willing and able to be the sort of partner. >>> michelle bachman heads into enemy territory. >>> the answers aren't that tough. >> right. >> what we are missing is someone who get it is problem and the solution. >> how she's trying to change the tea party image. >>> tuition may be about to skyrocket for students. so why is a top uc official getting a $700,

. >>> according to a group of scientists at princeton university, the reason we yawn is not because we'rese our brain is getting hot. apparently yawning cools off our brains. >> that's why we yawn so much on this shift. >> that's right. people are more likely to yawn in the summer than in the winter. >> interesting. >> yeah. >> my brain. yes. >> i feel cooler already. >> apparently there was a big book back in 1996 called "the rules" which governed how people should date. how women should find mr. right, all this. >> i remember that. >> there's a new study from the university of iowa that says those rules are outdated, the times have changed. now they're saying it's more about nonromantic sex. they're saying casual sex can become something more meaningful. and lasting, according to this university of iowa study. and other rules in terms of cohabitating before marriage is now a good thing. this is outdated, they say -- don't rush into sex. don't talk to a man first. no more than casual kissing on the first date. >> so out the door? >> they go out the door. don't go halfway or go dutch on a

princeton briefly served as the capital of the united states, and the university is true to its motto -- princeton in the nation's service. as a part of this service, i was for the opportunity to take a public service lead to serve as chief economist of the u.s. department of labor, and as the chief economist of the labor .epartment after returning after returning to principle, -- princeton, i taught a new course. the course is still a work in progress. the u.s. is still struggling to recover from the effects of the financial crisis that erupted in 2008. while time will heal many of the woods in the economy, applying the proper medicine will help those wounds to heal more quickly. i take solace in the fact that the u.s. is a resilient nation with great resources, including our fiscal and human capital, our constitutional government, and a common-sense approach to solving problems. i am convinced we can meet the serious challenges we face with the right mix of economic policies and faith in american workers and businesses to adapt the change and emerge as a stronger country. the counci

he previously taught at princeton university and new york university. dr. ball has done extensive research and writing on a variety of economic topics, including the foundation of keynesian economic models, in- depth studies of inflation and monetary policy in both the united states and in high inflation countries with a specific focus on how best to reduce inflation and economic cost of inflation. dr. ball is currently a research associate at the national bureau of economic research. he was previously a lecturer at the imf institute, a member of the federal reserve board academy advisory panel, and a consultant on the international monetary fund world economic outlook. dr. paul holds a b.a. from amherst college in economics and a ph.d. in economics from the massachusetts institute of technology. it is an honor to have all of you here today and to benefit from your expertise on this subject. >> chair recognizes dr. meltzer. >> thank you, mr. chairman, members of the committee. it is a pleasure to appear before the joint economic committee. my association wi

demetrius cooper is one of 60 high school students who called princeton university home this summer.eadership pool. >> my family is in the chicken farm business. and because we barely got in, we had to take out a huge loan, we can't hire people to help us. we and my sistme and my sister the farm work. >> every summer, they select promising students to help them go on to highly competitive universities. each day, students take classes preparing them for college level work. there are also trips to new york city and college tours, all at no cost, thanks to board members. this man's foundation has given more than $1 million to the program. >> the best leaders from every group brought together is a very exciting proposition for me and very much a part of our national dna. >> he's become a role model to students like jesus franco. after failing the fifth grade, he is now a penn graduate with ambitions to go to harvard law school, and he is paying it forward. >> i see the impact it had to me. and being at princeton the past two summers, i see the impact it has on the students and the impact

and yet, the city is full of tens of thousands of university graduates, highly educated the federal democracy, petraeus is extremely proud of his princetonphd. and yet, if you look at the results in terms of policy derivatives of what we think they might have learned in our universities, the result aren't far from sublime. what's your comment? [laughter] >> well, as a professional educator, i don't want to denigrate the impact of university education. i tied at sites a decade and i think some of my students are here. did you learn anything? [laughter] okay, so see. however, let me make this comment. i actually think that the direction that a lot of the social scientists have been the last 20 years has not been helpful because it's basically been taken over by economics. and so actually, one of my agenda is in this book full of history is to remind people that they can't understand the way the contemporary world is unless they know more history. you can't do things they game theoretic models and regressions alone. one of the reasons contemporary american political science has not been terribly useful to policymakers is because it's now mo

louis, missouri, and went on to pursue his undergraduate degree at princeton university and his law degree at the university of virginia. after law school, he clerked for the honorable albert tunnel who was then the chief judge of the united states fifth circuit court of appeals in atlanta, georgia. after a brief time in private practice in washington, d.c., he moved back to missouri where he was elected as missouri state auditor in 1970. two years later senator bond was elected governor of missouri at the age of 33, making him the youngest governor in state history. he served two terms from 1973 to 1977 and from 1981 to 1985. in 1986 senator bond ran successfully for united states senate where he represented the citizens of missouri for 24 years until his recent retirement after the 111th congress. during his time in the senate, he served on the -- on several committees and was chair of the committee on small business and entrepreneurship from 1995 to 2001. i believe that it's appropriate that we honor senator bond's dedicated service for his state and country. i support passage of this l

. >> i went to princeton for undergrad and the university of washington jd and i have a masters in international studies from the university of washington. >> reporter: are you married? >> i'm not married. >> reporter: in turn, african-american women are marrying down. meaning marrying african-american men who are lesser paid. it's all too true. >> most of them are well educated and they are single. so to get those numbers, it's unlikely to find a black man of equal education. if they are to marry a black man, chances are they'll marry down. >> reporter: the book asserts that african-american women have denied themselves a spouse under a sense of loyalty to the community. he says he's not instructing women to marry anyone, but he is saying african-american women should open their horizons to find partners who are suited. >> as long as black women are only sort of looking at the pool of black men, they can find a situation where there are few men who are both willing and able to be the sort of partner. >> well, most cities have one or the other. but san francisco is an exception in california. we

and yet, the city is full of tens of thousands of university graduates, highly educated the federal democracy, petraeus is extremely proud of his princetonphd. and yet, if you look at the results in terms of policy derivatives of what we think they might have learned in our universities, the result aren't far from sublime. what's your comment? [laughter] >> well, as a professional educator, i don't want to denigrate the impact of university education. i tied at sites a decade and i think some of my students are here. did you learn anything? [laughter] okay, so see. however, let me make this comment. i actually think that the direction that a lot of the social scientists have been the last 20 years has not been helpful because it's basically been taken over by economics. and so actually, one of my agenda is in this book full of history is to remind people that they can't understand the way the contemporary world is unless they know more history. you can't do things they game theoretic models and regressions alone. one of the reasons contemporary american political science has not been terribly useful to policymakers is because it's now mo

achieved the first of his ambitions, which was to be a professor at his alma mater in princeton, untreated university once he became a professor at princeton, he was a popular professor. he began to be invited to make speeches and she helped him a great deal of his speeches as well, providing those apt quotations when he needed them. he was invited to give a very important speech for the 150th anniversary, the founding of princeton. and they collaborated closely on that speech. we found manuscripts with corrections in both the buyer and ratings and at one point she said, the ending is a little slack. you need to make it soar. you should read a poem by john nelson. she told him which poem to read. if you compare that to the speech, you can see it's exactly what he did. the speech is all of metaphors that obviously came from her experience about art in domestic affairs. don not >> and to think in a career of public service which is what he really always wanted. and but in 1906 with his rosy prospect ahead of them -- 49 years old. and that he might have to give up his career entirely. there was no medic

and yet, the city is full of tens of thousands of university graduates, highly educated the federal democracy, petraeus is extremely proud of his princetonphd. and yet, if you look at the results in terms of policy derivatives of what we think they might have learned in our universities, the result aren't far from sublime. what's your comment? [laughter] >> well, as a professional educator, i don't want to denigrate the impact of university education. i tied at sites a decade and i think some of my students are here. did you learn anything? [laughter] okay, so see. however, let me make this comment. i actually think that the direction that a lot of the social scientists have been the last 20 years has not been helpful because it's basically been taken over by economics. and so actually, one of my agenda is in this book full of history is to remind people that they can't understand the way the contemporary world is unless they know more history. you can't do things they game theoretic models and regressions alone. one of the reasons contemporary american political science has not been terribly useful to policymakers is because it's now mo

in them, and did so well they gave him a scholarship to go to princeton university.ere he just kept going and going and helping the latino community. he has done great things in organizations, including loopback and many other organizations. but more especially he has served under three presidents. president bill clinton, president bush, and president obama. and he has as the regional director invested in many communities since five states that he is responsible for. but being that he is from santa rosa, which is in my home district, he has always listened every time that i have asked him, can you help us with seed money to start the driscoll children's hospital. and yes, he did. i said will you help us with seed money to be able to start the nurse training center, and he did. would you help us with just some seed money to start the premium outlet mall down in mercedes, texas, which has now opened, big success after three years, and employs 1300 employees. yes, he did. and the list goes on and on and on. and that's why -- [applause] that's why we have been able to im

>> i taught at princeton briefly, i taught at u.c. berkeley, university of pittsburgh, for a year i was at the hebrew university at jerusalem and currently at boston unive >> you have? >> yes, indeed. >> i got my degree in '79. >> you're the professor of the appreciation of scripture, you've been doing that for what? >> since '90. >> for nine years. three books to your credit? >> that's true. >> i notice that you retreated from some of your statements from your first book, "jesus of nazareth, king of the jews." what changed in the 11 years between the publication of these two books. >> my first book was "from jesus to christ." and that was published in 1988. and "jesus of nazareth" was published a few months ago. what changed is time elapsed, i continued to work in the field and learned more. >> isn't it the all-important question of why jesus was killed, you now believe he represented a limited threat to public order during the festival of passover rather than a major threat to roman rule? >> i don't think anybody thinks he, including pileate that jesus