mandela, did you find that he had he forgiven the west for, you know, having mostly for the most part sided against the anc? i think in my conversations with him, he forgive the west, yes, and he realized that a huge amount of learnings we can pick up from western leaders and in deed we did pick up a huge amount of learnings. i think for example, you remember quite well when he came out he emphasized a question that ultimately these enterprises are going to be nationalized and that was the policy of the anc and so forth and so on. i think it was because of his contacts with major western leaders that he was able to motivate that viewpoint. i m not trying to suggest that mandela as some people like to suggest simply loving i think he succumbed to reason and that
south africa when you look at it from the outside, a glass half empty, glass half empty viewpoint. but i think what s really going to be interesting goi ing forwa is in a sense a kind of custody battle for brand mandela who claims them as their real symbol. and for mandela, symbolism was his stuff in trade. he realized that he was this astonishingly powerful symbol. a and across the world, we all want to claim him. all other countries want to claim mandela he represents our better selves in that sense. but within south africa, the question is he now a national symbol or to what extent the anc keeps him as their symbol. to what extent can they keep him, what happens when mandela goes effectively to the anc
london published it s annual world giving index. the world was more generous in 2012 than it was the previous year. the report is gallup polls involving 135 countries and measures three factors who said they donated the most money to charity, who said they volunteered for the first time, and who helped the most trainingers. third place in giving time and first place when it came to helping out someone in need. so what country is the least charitable? according to to the report, that distinction goes to grease, this report proves it s not always about the money. even syria made the top ten list for helping out a stranger. the correct answer to our gps challenge question, was d, switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership
stage that it s about to happen, so the federal reserve does have time and the question is, how do you handle psychology? one final question, i know you re not going to tell me what you think of janet yellen as a potential fed chairman. but i m going to ask you a slightly different question. do you think it makes a difference in your long experience that she s a woman? you happen to be married to a very strong, professional working woman. do you think men and women approach something like economic policy differently? not that i can determine. i in fact and janet yellin is a very good, an excellent economist, very intelligent. she knows exactly what is going on. i i ve worked with her for years. i learned a lot from her. actually.
india. it was once again in the crosshairs. this time it was the region s most powerful storm of the century. but a million additions were evacuated to shelters ahead of time. only 21 people seem to have lost their lives. thousands of others were saved. technology has enabled us to save lives. we are better than ever at predicting the storms. you still need a government that manages these situations well and for that, all credit to the government which has learned from the mistakes of 1999. the correct answer to our gps challenge question was b, fidel castro. he outlasted 9 u.s. presidents