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On. theyre finding a new nightmare scenario if we dont pass their agenda into law. new yorks mayor michael bloomberg has begun raising the spector of detroit. according to the new york post, bloomberg said cities across the country all face the prospect of pension costs, more and more of their budget and new york is no exception. as you can see from this chart, theres no doubt. no doubt at all, that pensions and health care costs are a problem. but 245ir not the only problem and they werent real...

Freddie mac weve talked about a bit and they operate abstractly. many americans never come into contact with them. the policy that enrages me a bit and gets any economist you speak to mad is the mortgage interest deduction. and every american taxpayer knows about that one. its incredibly, incredibly popular. i want to show you that graph. its also to a degree people dont realize incredibly regressive. its a huge benefit for richer people. its almost nothing for poor people who dont intend to buy...

On this day in 1858 american and british teams laid the first tell graph line across the bottom of the atlantic ocean. at the time the tell graph had been around for about two decades. and over the years its i object venters samuel morris perfected the devices universal language. morris code. soon more than 20,000 miles of tell graph cable stretched all over the united states. eventually an american merchant had an idea connect the states to ireland through an underwater line. crews from several...

Students in all eight wards of d.c.s public schools have improved. the reading proficiency rates and also math proficiency rates both since 2007. its real progress in education, but is real progress completely captured by a proficiency test? critics might say that the state of urban public education cant be measured in a graph. joining me now, to talk about this, are two folks who know a lot about d.c. schools, past and present. this is alison stewart, author of the new book, "first class: the l...

Joining me now is jared bernstein, former chief economist for vice president and is with us tonight. thanks for coming on the show, jared. >> my pleasure, reverend. >> let me start with this, jared, the jobs chart. when president george w. bush, whose father nominated this judge to the federal court by the way, who made the ruling against health care, george bush left office, junior. the private sector was shedding jobs month after month. after president obama, we now have had 41 straight months...

Unprecedented recent global warming is, and it became an icon in the climate change debate. i described my experiences as this sort of accidental public figure in the climate change debate because of this graph we published. i talk about how over the past 15 years my co authors and i, have been subject to a crescendo of attacks by politicians, typically aligned with fossil fuel interests or front groups advocating for the fossil fuel industry that see the need to discredit this iconic graphic. >...

Whats going to help virginia compete in the world of economy. and on the other hand you have ken cuccinelli, someone who views science as something to attack if it doesnt comport with his ideological views or the views of the special interest that funds his campaigns. >> why did he go after you? >> well, i published 15 years ago this graph called a hockey stick that shows how unprecedented recent global warming is, and it became an icon in the climate change debate. i described my experiences as...

War. michael mann from penn state university joins me. mcauliffe is leading over ken cuccinelli. what would you tell people? >> virginia ans have a very stark choice before them. on the one hand, you have terry mcauliffe who embraces science and technology, who recognizes that technological innovation is whats going to help virginia compete in the world of economy. and on the other hand you have ken cuccinelli, someone who views science as something to attack if it doesnt comport with his ideolo...

Mcauliffe is leading over ken cuccinelli. what would you tell people? >> virginia ans have a very stark choice before them. on the one hand, you have terry mcauliffe who embraces science and technology, who recognizes that technological innovation is whats going to help virginia compete in the world of economy. and on the other hand you have ken cuccinelli, someone who views science as something to attack if it doesnt comport with his ideological views or the views of the special interest that f...

Continue. its a good time to bring in our pollsters. you know, a tour de force of a poll this month. the amaze thing, and i think peter hart, your partner, longtime mentor, said what was more amazing about this unified dissatisfaction with washington is that there was no outside event. the economy is actually stable. maybe its uneven the way people feel about it. there isnt this big event that triggered this sourness. it is an erosion over time. >> well, its sort of the drip by drip by drip. may...