rating downgraded now joined live by dr rodriguez family meconis to the university of montreal thanks for being with us dr so and yes the markets open in a few hours were all watching to see what happens are we about to see the implications of that downgrade on the global markets what do you think's going to happen well there will be consequences yes and p. friday's downgrading it shows a lack of confidence in the u.s. government we are within an economy stormin you know way and it seems that the as s. and p. and i do economists are saying the u.s. government it's a bit like a ship without a captain in a storm this is not very nice very good and it doesn't look very good for the next two years because the election is only in two thousand and twelve and then i think the u.s. government is deadlock and cannot do any very serious policy decisions counteract the economy downturn and. u.s. economy can turn into an economy good question and that's what politicians american politicians should be trying to avoid are trying to ward an economy correction we've had other people the program sayin

country from potential default also shook investor confidence dr rodriguez tremblay from the university of montreal says the u.s. government's hands maybe the economy it shows a lack of confidence in the u.s. government we are in there within an economy stormy to you no way and it seems that the as a b. and other economists are saying the u.s. government is spider ally is it's a bit like a ship without a captain in a storm this is not very nice very good and it doesn't look very good for the next three years because the election is only in two thousand and twelve and then at the end the u.s. government is deadlocked and cannot do any very serious policy decisions to counteract the economy don't turn and that danger is that the u.s. economy can turn into an economy depression and that's what politicians american politicians should be trying to avoid are trying to award an economy depression where china is a bit a prisoner of the united states you know the other main creditor of the united states with more than a trillion and a half. dollars the u.s. dollar is that they hold. holding their reserve wa

the country from to fold so it's a very good trembly from the university of montreal told me the u.s. government's hands a tight now over the economy. it shows a lack of confidence in the u.s. government we are in an economy stormy you know way and it seems that the as s. and p. and other economists are saying the u.s. government it's a bit like a ship without a captain in a storm this is not very nice and pretty good and it doesn't look very good for the next three years because the election is only in two thousand and twelve and then i think the u.s. government is deadlock and cannot do any very serious policy decisions to counteract the economy don't turn and that the danger is that the u.s. economy can turn into a economy good pressure and that's. probably titian's american politicians should be trying to avoid hard try to quote an economy depression where china is a bit of prisoner of the united states you know the main credit to the united states with more than a trillion and a half. dollars the u.s. dollar is the old. old and there was the fear when china fears that the fed the

experience of immigranting to montreal and teaching in canada, which led know study american history from a north american point of view, and as i learned canada's history and started teaching at the university of quebec, i saw parallels and differences in the development of united states. both of these were useful to stud about yaws they tested widespread assumption about paper exclusiveness, american national identity. in the same way as i read up further on the wartime treatment ofment japanese canadians and discovered how deeply they had been victimized by canada's removal policy and i was surprised to fine that no book examined the similarity and differences across the border, and it dawned on me my book would have to look at eventson the mainland united states. i was further inspired by my first trip to hawaii in 2006 -- it was very embarrassing to be a specialist on japanese americans and then discover this entirely different community of japanese americans. about which i knew relatively little. i also heard that hawaii was a place of overracial harmony and good real estates and japanese americans had been spared mass removal during world world war i inly, something i has written abou