>> yes, in sweden it has. but then i thought of... i put his name quite large on the cover and then i made... a very nice cover which looks like a magazine so it's sort of a headline. it's made as a magazine cover so you could read "men who hate women" it's more like a magazine typographical... so we solved it in that. >> rose: how many... there's another novel that's partially finished in his computer somewhere. >> there's a rumor. i keep hearing about this but i don't know and i don't know that anybody knows for sure, do they? >> well, his girlfriend would know, wouldn't she? >> well, i don't... >> rose: live-in girlfriend. >> i just know what i myself read in the newspapers. >> rose: are you serious? something this big you just know what you read in the newspapers? >> yeah, but we never had the time to discuss it. it was clear that stieg would be able and wanted to write many more books and since we met in march, 2004 and we had three books, we had a job to do for quite a while so we weren't in a hurry to talk about the fourth and

the study looks at every person in sweden living with type 2 diabetes. they found those patients all had a higher risk of developing a number of cancers with pancreatic and liver the most prevalent. the one single form of cancer that showed a lower risk among diabetics was prostate cancer. one researcher said a lower level of male sex hormones made to derby to that reduced risk. -- may lead to that reduced risk. >> a new grocery store is opening up in glen burnie and there are looking to hire 200 people. shoprite will replace the closedown kmart which used to be the anchor store. it could save you or somebody you know some cash. >> think we back to a time when you or a family member granted a phone. believe it or not, hundreds of thousands of people are still to bring that. one woman told us that she did not realize she had a choice. >> do you know what it says here? there are going to take all our phones out. >> telephones have come a long wait. remember how we had to rent our phone? you can now buy any kind of phone you want but some people still never

>> yes, i think that sweden and finland, i think these countries have a tremendously strong social net. i was looking at "the economist" last night on the plane and it is very low. and china and india are worse than the united states in the spread of wealth. but a part of that is the function of the fact that there's so much wealth at the top. it is not that the poor have gotten poorer but there are many more well-off people. yes, i would say the scandinavian countries, probably the netherlands, they do a much better job, much stronger support of labor, labor participating on corporate boards, and they are economically strong and getting stronger. >> we are more homogeneous in this country by a long shot. >> yes, that is true. they have some pocket of guest workers that are staying put. but that is an important practice. i don't think it is economical. >> japan is the same thing. >> they really are xenophobic. uncomfortable around strangers. but we are heterogeneous -- but we're used to that. you go on the ucla campus and i can see every skin color in the world. it is not threatening.

it didn't come from sweden it came from mexico or south america. this is a burr against our own people and a broad product is in 36 months slaughtered 23,000 africans. >> host: charles bowden is the author, "murder city" is the book. and hearst new york, you're on the air. >> caller: my question for mr. bowden is how much of a factor does he feel is corruption within law enforcement in this country with regard to drugs? how much of a factor is that in the problem of the drugs coming in from mexico? >> host: mr. bowden? >> guest: that is a really good question mexico is corrupt. that's part of the system. but i watch as i have friends in the border patrol. i know people at the customs. what the war has done is increasingly corrupt theft. if you are in the border patrol say after five years you are making 75 grand a year and you know your job is a failure every day most of the people are getting through so what is the difference if you take $100 a head and with a truckload go through? what we are taking a basically decent americans largely from small

"we all hear about some eutopia somewhere like france, sweden, even cuba. why are they poorer than us?" cassandra, are you there now? caller: yes, i am here. if someone calls up and says forget god, how are you going to forget god? you do not sell your soul to the devil. it is evil that is going on. that is all i have got to say. host: "don't ask, don't tell," in the headlines this morning. craig would lock rights key votes are pending in congress that put the game and lesbians from serving in the military and it remains too close to call. the senate armed services committee is expected to vote by the end of the week on an amendment to the annual defense spending bill that would end opel quote don't ask, don't tell." carl levin favors the repeal, but it is unclear whether he has enough votes six senators on the panel are considered undecided, legislative sources said three the house is expected to vote on a similar measure this week, based on the repeal proposed by senator -- representative patrick murphy. the house armed services committee declined to act

for the drafting committee, his excellency of iran, and from sweden. for the provincial committee, from an african country, and from norway. if there is no objection, may i take it that the conference wishes to approve these nominations? if is so desired. i would now like to proceed to the election of a vice- presidents according to rule 5. the conference shall elect 34 vice-presidents. i have received the following for the posts. from the group of eastern european states, albania, belarus, bulgaria, the czech republic, macedonia, slovakia, and slovenia -- from the western group, australia, austria, belgium, france, germany, italy, the netherlands, the republic of korea, spain, and one other. from the group of non-aligned and other states, algeria, brazil, colombia, another, egypt, indonesia,, , libya, mexico, morocco, nepal, nigeria, new guinea, sri lanka, your guy, and venezuela, and china. may i take that the conference is to approve this? it is so desired. i should now proceed to the appointment of the members of the provincial committee. rule 3 of

that's why i think the primary care trust should become directly accountable and elected as in swedenand denmark, i think that doctors and nurses should have by john u.s.-style employee owned a model and be able to run hospitals. i think they shouldn't have to bend their day to some administrator just to buy another curtain around a bed, they should have another control of the lord hath so the idea of retaining their duty and an ags but give people patients, nurses and clinicians a say in how it works. i think something is wrong we have it for last year alone they have 5,000 managers but an increase in nurses less than 2% and something is wrong when the maternity ward it is threatened closure and yet they spend billions on computer systems that don't work. it's not rocket science to save on bureaucrats and computer systems, a u.s. them on a penny for penny a pound for pound to protect the service and maternity wards and the general practice services. the -- i now need to stop. can i thank you very much, indeed, for coming today? thank you very much. [applause] after the event we talk

with mainly crises hitting countries like spain, norway, finland, sweden, japan, et cetera. our surprise perhaps reflects the parochial nature of americans who ignored crises in other countries with a sense that we were too smart to let something happen here. understanding what happened and what we should do to prevent further crises is therefore critical in order to maintain stable growth. in the spirit we're delighted that president has made this lecture part of the world leaders forum. the president is here, obviously. and will introduce our distinguished speaker. thank you. [applause] >> i'd like to extend a special thanks to david and his colleagues at the program for economic research, tonight's cosponsor as you just heard, for playing a critical role in bringing this together. one of the things we hope for students when they come to columbia is they check their preconceptions at the 116th gate. and open their minds to new perspectives, new experiences and new people they might never have encountered or considered. it is one of the best and most attractive arguments fo

state had 5.30 billion, and that's more than the gross national product of sau sau saudi arabia and sweden, and each household owes for that one state. and in the "new york times" weighed in on this, and this is again a huge problem in new york. it's a huge problem everywhere. host: and you wrote about senator casey's union bailout from the multipension racket. what was all about? guest: now bob casey, the senator from pennsylvania is pushing a bill in the senate and the congressman is pushing a similar bill in the house. and the deal is that they want to make sure that the pension benefit corporation, that's a government sponsored entity, like freddie mac, where they pay in if the government goes bust and they can provide. but if you have to rely on the pgc, the pay out is 12,000 a year which is not something you can retire on. but the problem is that a lot of pension plans are failing, a lot to do with unions, and now they are pushing to bailout the union pension plans that could be a straight liability. and a lot of people wondering if my 401 tanking and why should i pay for someone els

the ship involved not just south korea but the united states, south korea, britain, australia and swedenand they all reached a conclusion that this was a north korean tore peedo. yet the chinese tint continue to act as if this didn't happen or that the north was not responsible. everyone talks about china's rise in the world today. if you are going to rise as a great power, you have to act responsibly and this is not responsibly and this is not responsible behavior. host: our next call is haziz in arizona. caller: i guess i have a comment and a question. at the end of the cold war the soviet union became very unified. we should remember that reagan phrase, "mr. gorbechav, tear this wall down." why are we keeping the koreans apart if we fought for, you know, the two germanys to be unified? unified? isn't a rational person come to the conclusion that had we built with not the -- north korea earlier after the collapse of the swune swoon -- soviet union maybe having them come to negotiation table they could actually be one unified korea? guest: i think you are right, there is a lot to be lea

every single european welfare state, even johan's sweden, has a lower corporate tax rate in america for the average corporate tax rate in the european union was 24.2%. we are 35% at the federal level, almost 40% when you include the average of the state levels. we're shooting ourselves in the foot and that is just one layer of tax. when you factor in personal income tax, capital gains tax, debt taxes, you can be attacked as many as four different times. you have to add these rates together and you wind up seeing that we have marginal effective tax rate on capital income sometimes of more than 70% or even 80% 3 you don't have to be wild ride to realize that that is not utilizing the americans productivity. what do we do about it? some of the politicians are saying that is a good reason to do a vat. then we will use some of the money to lower corporate taxes. do not believe it for a sack it. even in the unlikely on possible -- possibility that they did it, it would only be in the short run. what did they do about corporate tax rates in america "aren't encumbered redistribution. how many t

or roughly one every three years with major crises hitting countries like spain, norway, finland, sweden, japan etc. supply is perhaps reflexed a parochial nature of americans who ignored crises in other countries with the sense we were too smart to let something happen here. understanding what happened and why we should do to prevent further crises is therefore critical in order to maintain a stable growth. in the spirit we are delighted that the volunteer and the staff have made it is important lector part of this year's world leaders from. president bollinger is here, obviously, and we will introduce our distinguished speaker. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for joining this evening. i would like to extend a special thanks to david and his colleagues at the program for economic research, tonight's co-sponsored, as you just heard will play a critical role in putting this together. one of the things we hope for students when they come to columbia is that the check the preconceptions at the 116th street gate and opened their mind to the perspectives, new experiences and new people the

the 74-member team, which included 24 experts from the united states, from sweden, the united kingdom and australia, spending several weeks examining the evidence as objectively and scientifically as possible. on may 20, 2010, madam speaker, the group released its final report concluding unanimously that, and i quote, the cheonan was attacked and sunk by a torpedo that was launched from a small north korean submarine. on the day of the report's release, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, congressman howard berman, and the committee's ranking member, congresswoman ilyaina ros-lehtinen, congressman -- congressman done manzullo and i introduced -- don manzullo introduced house resolution 1382, the resolution now before us. we did so to demonstrate america's strong solidarity with the republic of korea and to call for an appropriate and coordinated international responsibility to north korea's unprovoked and deadly attack. we also sought to express our condolences to the families and loved ones of those killed, to reaffirm our enduring commitment to the u.s.-republic of

every single european welfare state, even johann's sweden, has a lower corporate tax rate that america the average corporate tax rate in the european union was 24.2%. we are 35% at the federal level and almost 40% when you add the average state taxes. we're shooting ourselves in the foot. that is one layer of tax. when you factor in personal income tax, corporate income tax, capital gains tax, you could have a gun taxes hit four different times. you want up seeing we have marginal effective tax rate on capital income, sometimes of more than 80%. yes, you don't have to be a expert to realize that that is penalizing american productivity and competitiveness and hurting american workers. what do we do about it? some politicians are saying that as a good reason to do a value- added tax. they will do that and lower corporate taxes. don't believe for a second. even in the unlikely possibility that they did it, it would only be in the short run. what to politicians do about tax policy in america? what motivates them? income redistribution. how many times have we seen this? we always make sure