with norman borlaug and what you found is that in one thousand nine hundred eighty nine the rockefeller foundation that helps support the green revolution mexico was importing fifty percent of its wheat it was already a poor country after the green revolution it was exporting wheat and that and what you need to do are those kinds of technologies need to be applied in poor countries so that they can also jumpstart their economic development again the distortions in the market our government and that's a problem ok david how much of it is a difficulty what you are being retired now massively aren't limited to go ahead but i mean how much is in a speculation and involved here well run and can i just can i just say something about the i mean the wheat example is a a is. excellent example mexico is now importing the mat the vast majority of its we can and that's because of the opening of its market and it's succeeded in becoming a wheat producer and so it's becoming more self-sustaining and we precisely because it did not open its market up it did invest in technology and and in yield enhancing seeds a

yourself and give us a real question if you can come down the front, robert martin from the rockefeller foundation to that i would agree that it's definitely going to inspire the next generation. the second question is at one point in the book i think it's towards the end when you are leaving you have something like an oscar schindler moment where you think i could have done more or could have done things differently. the question is if you could go back and redo the last ten or 15 years what would you do differently if anything? >> one is that the world is becoming a very global place, so there's a great future i think in working in global health. don't plan your career in detail you will miss the great opportunities. i can't imagine that i would ever become a bureaucrat or discover but be prepared. invest in your training and skills and all that so you can see these opportunities. there are many faults that are there that people don't go through them even if you don't know what is behind, so take some risks. now, what would i have done differently? ai thanks probably politicize faster when i cer

robert martin from rockefeller foundation. >> thank you. >> would you stand? >> sure.thank you for the book. i flip through it in a few days and i would agree it is definitely going to inspire the next generation and following on that, my first question is what advice do you have for the next generation of global public health leaders and then the second question is at one point in the book i think it is towards the end when you are leaving you have something like an oscar schindler moment you think i could have done more or i could have done differently. the question is if you could go back and redo the last ten or 15 years, what would you do differently if anything? >> the first advice one is that the world is becoming very global so there is a great future i think in working in global health. don't plan your career in detail because he will miss then the great opportunities to that i think i certainly didn't imagine that i would ever be a bureaucrat but be prepared this is my old boy scout time. be prepared and investing your training and skills and all bassett you

rockefeller foundation, for example, is committing a million dollars for the most innovative job creationa competition of job creation ideas. the idea here, becky, is for us not just to be idle bystanders waiting for somebody in washington to come up with a magical solution. we are doubtful this is going to happen any time soon. we can activate that spirit of entrepreneurship that's so much part of the american dna. >> obviously, entrepreneurship is incredibly important. small businesses make up the bulk of the hiring when you look at job creation but to put it back in the political spectrum, when you look at when's being preached by the republicans, being preached by the democrats, what is the most important thing that you hear from these entrepreneurs that they would like or the help or assistance or what would they like if they got their dream wish list out of washington? >> well, first of all what they would like from us in the media is more attention because what they need is to scale what they're doing. what they're doing now is very small and if we can put some spotlight on it, we

>> i worked at the rockefeller foundation and they help support my dissertation research.but i went to the new school for social research to teach. for a that i was doing the teaching thing and enjoying it, also i ran for political office. i did not win, came in ninth. but i got bitten by the political bug and also the media bug. there was a guy at kgo tv that said, how would you like to do my radio? and that was a lot of fun. meanwhile, fred holborn at usa today said, why don't you do a column for us? that combination push me out of economics were really out of classroom teaching and into some of the media things that i've enjoyed so much. >> "wall street, main street, and the side street" black business and black with us as the chapter. african-americans can make a point and flexor economic muscles by boycotting those who discriminate. that is the bottom line. >> that is the bottom line. african-american people have $900 billion worth of wealth. depending on who will do the estimate, it might go as low as 850 billion. that is a billion. more than the oil-producing countr

and also to give real commitments like you see the president of the rockefeller foundation announced ord foundation committed $150 million over the next five years to close the skills gap. >> oh, wow. >> we had a foundation meeting to provide a challenge to $150,000 to provide jobs for not for profits. one thing to get the critical mass of ideas and commitment. >> you also said one of the ideas was we can't just wait for washington. >> yes. >> obviously now there is an intractable crisis up there politically that we've got to take responsibility ourselves. >> that's it. we can't just be bystanders. nothing will happen until the new administration. maybe very little after the new administration that will turn things around when it comes to jobs. >> but do you think this mixing of public and private partnerships that you're so involved in and you're trying to get people to do things, given how broken washington is and i agree we could be looking at four more years of stagnation. is that where america will have to get its innovation from in it is going to stay competitive? >> the great t

foundation. [inaudible conversations] >> why don't we get started? my name is ed howard, i'm with the alliance for health reform, and on behalf of senator rockefeller, our honorary chairman, and our board of directors, i want to welcome you to this program about a very much-neglected aspect of health and health policy in the united states, and that is oral health. now, you probably heard and will hear more today about the fact that the most common childhood disease in the united states is cavities, and poor oral health is linked to serious physical conditions like diabetes and heart disease. but that connection is not very widely recognized. in fact, i was listening to a presentation about dental needs a week or two ago, and the speaker felt compelled to remind the audience that -- and these are her words -- the mouth is part of the body, unquote. now, we've had a lot of reminders about the sorry state of oral health in america from the institute of medicine, from gao, from former surgeon general david. satcher, from former hhs secretary lou sullivan, from rwj. in short, plenty of documentation of gaps in our current system, and today we're going to