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Trek, it will of course further exacerbate inequality, and that's where the u.s. is faring particularly poorly. among countries tabulated in 2015, it had one of the largest share of adults that qualified as low income. the only countries that beat it were spain and greece. that's right, greece, hit hard by a massive debt crisis, had only a slighter higher proportion of low income adults compared to the united states that year. part of the problem is the u.s. lacks sufficient government programs helping vulnerable workers. in 2015, the u.s. spent just 4% of its per capita gdp on various skill-b...

World economy from the post-war labor boom to the modern tech-fuelled boom. if the trend continues without a check, it will of course further exacerbate inequality, and that's where the u.s. is faring particularly poorly. among countries tabulated in 2015, it had one of the largest share of adults that qualified as low income. the only countries that beat it were spain and greece. that's right, greece, hit hard by a massive debt crisis, had only a slighter higher proportion of low income adults compared to the united states that year. part of the problem is the u.s. lacks sufficient government...

Desperation. is there a way forward? sure. look at sweden. granted, it's a very different country than the united states. but it spent nearly seven times as much as the united states on those skill-building and placement programs for each unemployed worker in to 16. -- in 2015. sweden has more inequality and wage growth than the u.s. the point is this. in much of the wealthy world, the superstars of our economy are edging out the rest in a zero sum game for market share. but growth doesn't have to shower investors with profits and shut workers out. if more countries actively work to build a ne...

Literature to find out that it really takes skill building, not just symptom reduction, to give the best outcomes for kids and adolescents and adults who really need it. >> when i hear the number, more than one in seven children in the u.s. receiving a diagnosis of adhd by the time they turn 18, it feels like there might be an overdiagnosing. is that possible? >> i think it is possible. we know how to diagnose adhd. it takes many hours and teacher ratings and a thorough history of the child's development but there is also pressure academically on kids these days. there is also pressure for too...

They are extremely difficult to detect. it takes the authorities to really hone on in the resources. bill: one suggested you would need engineering expertise in order to construct this. this is high-scale stuff. >> it sure is, bill. i had the opportunity to see one for the first time in the 90s went down into several of them over the years. one of the ones i saw that was one of the most magnificent pieces of engineering clearly needed to have the high skill building. bill: what do you mean by that. >> it was reeven tpoersd. reinforced. to be able to put the loads across the border underneath t...