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Country the tech boom has forgotten. >> thanks for having me on. the important thing is this is a name that hale rogers gave the area, a republican member of congress in the heart of trump country and you see there is a desire to have revenue come in and understanding this is going to require technology jobs, there are 25 million digital jobs expected by 2025. kentucky wants to have a part of that. you look at alex hughes who got one of these jobs. this is not a coder for google. he's making refrigerators and laundry machines, to be smart machines. these are the manufacturing and retail jobs o...

California says it's time for tech jobs to go to coal country. the congressman says silicon holler, a region of kentucky with a fledgling tech sector is one example of an expanding digital revolution. congressman ro khanna joins us now. it's great to have you back on the program. fascinating book, and very important, i guess, central thesis, talk to me a little bit about this. silicon holler is a part of appalachian kentucky that aspires to build a tech savvy workforce, tell us about it and how you think it could be a model for other areas of the country the tech boom has forgotten. >> thanks ...

Address rampant inequality in your book you write that we cannot leave the tech evolution to an invisible hand that may foster creative brilliance and overnight billionaires, but also leaves many behind, creating stark inequality, both geographically and within communities, with a strong tech presence. what lessons have we learned from the first tech boom in the late '90s and what is your plan to fix that stark inequality? it's not just about the income inequality, it's also about the knowledge inequality. >> well, my district and the surrounding areas have $11 trillion of market cap, the most...

Jobs expected by 2025. you look at alex hughes who got one of these jobs. this is not a coder for google. he's making refrigerators and laundry machines, to be smart machines. these are the manufacturing and retail jobs of the 21st century, one other example is intel, going to ohio, 3,000 jobs in manufacturing, 7,000 construction jobs. we can revitalize a large part of the country by distributing these modern tech jobs. >> you're on a mission to address rampant inequality in your book you write that we cannot leave the tech evolution to an invisible hand that may foster creative brilliance and...

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