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To be a good economist you look at cause and effect. Many times people dont want to see cause and effect. And economists will always talk about cost, when people talk about a benefit to doing something, someone has to talk about cost. A lot of times people dont like to talk about costs. Host is an economist a coldblooded creatures . Guest i dont think so. I think i am a nice person. One of my issues, to help understand me, my initial premise is the each own ourselves. I am my private property and you are your private property. If you accept the idea of self ownership, certain ask check request...

Including race, education, the environment, health care andd m. More. Host Walter Williams inter your most recent book american in contempt for liberty, you write its difficult to be a good economist and simultaneouslyved perceived as compassionate. Mp oo be asasion g od economist one has to deal with three out threey, t audi of the two appear topassionate often one has avoid unpleasant questions. Oid p that is absolutely right tor. Te a good economist, you have to look at the cause and effect and many times people dont want toa see cause and effect and so an economist will also talk about cos...

So, given what you have heard today, several phone calls guest let me guest lets hear the question first. [laughter] guest i know where you are going. Amp said that when you have stagnant or contracting economy, what politics consists of is pitting one group against another, fighting over a sinking pie. That is what you are saying now. You are seeing wages flat or falling. And as a result, people are looking for somebody to blame for their own condition. And lots of people have fastened on the Illegal Immigrants as the cause of it all. That is not the cause of it all. The cause of it all is th...

Michael you know, i havent. And i wouldnt. I probably wouldnt to be honest with you. I dont do controversial cartoons just for the sake of controversy. The purpose of cartooning is to reach a message to the audience that will not be overshadowed the controversy surrounding it. Where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring that the lessons i am trying to communicate gets to...

Father. How did that happen . Michael im am half japanese. Mexican, and1 4 completely confused. My father was in the military in army intelligence. He met my mother in japan. She lived in the United States. But i was born in tokyo, japan. My older brother and i. The first language i spoke was japanese. You know, its been a long road. I have lived all over the world. It has been good exposure because i lived in belgium, germany, paris, and on and off between the United States and japan. Brian the political cartoon came to you when . Michael i never anticipated being a political cartoonist. The ...