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The brookings i.n.nstitutio world data lab defines the global middle-class as a household that spends between 11 and $110 per person per day. that brings me no the question, roughly what population of the world is living in households to be considered middle-class or rich by that definition? roughly one-tenth, one-third or one half or roughly two-thirds? stay tuned and we will tell you the correct answer. my book of the week is alan greenspan and "capitalism in america" a history. this impress...

Definiti definition. its one tenth, more than a third, a half or roughly two thirds? we will tell you the correct answer. capitalism in america, the history, this takes the reader through the history of the american economy, ending with provocative thoughts about americas declining productivity, declining risk taking and declining dine ammism. the answer is c. the world reached a tipping point for the first time in history. over 50% of the worlds population, 3.8 billion people are living in midd...

Someone who should be pushing forward an agenda of an, an intellectual agenda. the fact he doesnt feel the need to go back and look at some of those mistakes. read about the vietnam war. read about the first iraq war. the civil war. one -- one makes me -- im just so frustrated that i think its because hes an anti-intellectual and not saying he needs to sit in an ivory tow tower, but i think all of us, the key is you have to be a reader. you have to understand and respect history. >> but we know ...

Saying muellers own indictments make the case. >> and when one reads those indictments, the inference one naturally draws is, no collusion. the natural, most reasonable inference to be drawn from the two indictments, at least from this reader, and i read them carefully, is zero collusion. to the contrary. >> ken starr, always plenty confident in his legal views. nothing in the indictment says one way or the other anything about the collusion question. trump may have more confidence with his supr...

To equal justice under law. >> laura: he is a bush guy. ive known him for a long time but hes one of the smartest people in one of the kindest people and i thought that statement was so lovely. after everything that weve been through, the country over the last three weeks. yet the eric holder tweet that came out, and ill read it for you. the confirmation of reader, kavanaugh, the former attorney general said the process can be questioned. >> the entire process was disgraceful. what justice kavan...

In favor of a train that is way over budget, way behind schedule and soaking up billions of dollars that could be spent building roads and outfitting our firefighters. we have a real disgrace of management in san francisco and mister newsom will only double down on taxes and a rotten business economy to make the state worse than it is. >> we have done a lot of stories on troubles facing away from poverty to homelessness and yet california voters consistently continue to vote and primarily send d...

A fantastical world the feels hauntingly real. maria silly about better has lived in germany for twenty two years and explores her native argentina from there the little town where she grew up on the outskirts of one a set as is a cultural melting pot called by a standard the heroes of her novel are hairdressers laundromat owners or car mechanics like bob betters grandfather with all their hopes and fears they congregate in the car workshop the reader experiences major political events through t...

>> i dont know about that. i dont know about holding up the clinton impeachment era as a way of pushing back on the idea that we would not have published these things in another time. these women were on the record. whether or not you believe their accounts -- thats sort of up to the reader, up to the viewer in my view. i think that the "new yorker" story was pretty carefully written. there were a lot of cat yacveat there. when you have somebody on the record, that really changes the calculation...

A politicians fate politicians telling people they got it wrong the first time and should try again. those all go off in different directions in pursuit of our own visions of the perfect bricks it we risk ending up with no after all no one wants a good deal more than me but that has never meant getting the deal at any cost britain isnt afraid to leave with no deal if we have to. ask a more on this from dr simon assured whos a reader in politics at the university of surrey in the united kingdom e...

Staffs. guess who was right? chad was right. chad pergram on capitol hill. >> it wasnt just me. mike emanuel as well. he reported that as well. >> neil: fine, fine. you reported that and a lot of people were incredulous. oh, that cant be. how are they make it work? what is it like the magna carta? >> its one copy, yes. tim kaine from virginia indicated even if you had 100 senators file there even at 2:00 a.m., you couldnt get everybody through because theres not enough time. lisa murkowski, the ...