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Here are the figures, when you look at it. Oecd started after world war ii. You could at least tell what the revenue was. We did know what the gdp was. No. And we are now, all governments, spending 42 of the gdp. And we want to make any effort to stop that . Or are we discussing to say it has never stopped before . I think the earlier Social Security, not fully implemented. There was no medicare. It has been pretty stable since 1980. It goes up and down with the business cycle, but it is pretty ...

Good morning. Welcome to al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. The n. S. A. Has been under fire for months following Edward Snowdens disclosure of its mass if collection of phone records in the u. S. And around the world. As alan fisher reports a president ial panel is calling for changes in the way the n. S. A. Does its business. A surveillance review report is due to be published but is pushed out by the white house. The highlights the n. S. A. Will no longer keep a phone database, it will be h...

Next, profiling three American Students who moved to three Different Countries, finland, south korea, and poland, where education has taken hyperseriously. This is a little over an hour. [inaudible conversations] hello, everyone. Very boisterous crowd of avid readers of education books. Everyone, if i could [inaudible conversations] call your attention to the front of the room. We dont get this animated creed for books about education. Ill chalk that up to a great book and amanda. Im rachel whit...

I teach pretty much everything required for the miner and major, introductory womens history, specialized class on womens sport. Over enrolled since 1996 i teach a survey course in womens history which has about 120 firstyear students. Right now i have athletes from every sport. I have a lot of people in their first year, and i have graduating askers seniors who have waited all the different years with a different major just to take a womens study class before they graduate. Host what is womens ...

Theres no end to the violence against women. We have not stopped shaming girls about their body. We have so much sex women in the media. Which implies you have to have a certain shape to be loved or popular. The problem in term of refining feminism is it is true what unifies a lot of women globally is what done to women. I dont want to identify feminism about victim hollywood. Thats a important critique. Empowered feminism says that women should be equal in their rights and opportunities period....

Author Bonnie Morris, in your book revenge of revenge of the womens study, revenge for what . Guest the final tight is not meant to be provocative or rude. Its about having the opportunity to talk back to many people who steer type my field, or ask really unfair students. I have a bunch of terrific students intimidated by taking a basic class in womens history. They come to me and express doubt or concern. Theyre afraid what people will say. What will it look like on their transcript. So those e...

But definitely look forward to engage in discussions around policy with regard to Financial Education, which is a term that we prefer at pace as opposed to Financial Literacy. Because oftentimes implies that people are illiterate. Perhaps Financial Empowerment might be a better term. I was born in, on a pineapple plantation in hawaii where the common term today is in farm worker housing. We were poor but didnt know it because we thought everybody lived like that. I dont member very much in havin...

Many remember the emotional scene that played out as arnold took his final walk up the 18th fairway during his 50th consecutive and final masters appearance in april 2004. There they were, once again. Since then, Arnold Palmer has never stopped giving. He has continued to help, heel, and inspire. He remained as committed to others as ever. Today, we honor this good man. He has done so much. Not just to mainstream the sport of golf, but he has used his fame to serve others. Arnold palmer, for you...

Thank you for spending a halfhour with us to talk about your 12 years in washington. It ended with the reelection of barack obama. If you could think of adjectives, what would they be to describe these seven years . Interesting. Challenging. Sometimes totally frustrating. Full of opportunities for the country. There were good times during these 12 years, laced together with some that were not so good. 9 11. The anthrax scare. There were also positive things. The election of barack obama i though...

Ago, whatever plan he had then is over with. This is a new election. The deal that he had a year ago, that does not count. For republicans and people to say they dont understand whats going on, i have a problem with that. The republicans deny anything he puts forward. The president left his vacation and came here. Theyre not being fair. Republicans say they are christians. Theyre not. They did this during his last term and now are causing and all of us to suffer because they dont like the presid...