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WASHINGTON, D.C. IS ONE HOUR AND TEN MINUTES. >> GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO CSIS. THANK YOU FOR COMING FOR THIS FASCINATING BOOK TALK WE ARE GOING...
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PRESIDENT AND CEO OF ZOGBY INTERNATIONAL WHICH IS A WORLDWIDE MARKETING FIRM BASED IN NEW YORK THERE ARE NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO COULD RUN AN OPERATION...
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AND PARTICIPANT IN MANY ACTIVITIES WITH CSIS. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SHARE IN AWESOME EXPERIENCE OF BEING A COMMISSIONER ON THE COMMISSION ON SMART...
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ABOUT THE BOOK IS THAT IT'S OPTIMISTIC AND
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THE POSITIVE REVIEWS HAVE HAILED THE OPTIMISM. A COUPLE OF SNARKY REVIEWS SAID ZOGBY IS JUST AN OPTIMIST. THOSE ARE FIGHTING WORDS I WANT YOU TO KNOW...
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YOU? BUT THERE ARE THREE OTHER SOURCES. ON THE OTHER END OF THE ECONOMIC SPECTRUM, THERE ARE THE NINE TO 10 MILLION AMERICANS, EARNING $100,000 A YEAR...
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TO USE MY PRIVATE IT TO RESCUE THE
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FIRST QUESTION.
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WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT YOU LEARNED WHILE DOING THIS BOOK? >> RESILIENCE
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| 00:38:46 |
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RECORD NUMBERS OF AMERICANS IN RECORD AMOUNTS OF DEBT, CREDIT CARD DEBT SO I READ THE ARTICLE IN THE ARTICLE SAID 13% OF AMERICANS NOW HAVE CREDIT CARD...
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TALK TO,
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SUSTAINABILITY. SO, AND IS THE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC THAT IS DRIVING ALL OF THIS. >> WE WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AND IF YOU CAN IDENTIFY YOURSELF, WE...
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RECORD? >> I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ABOUT FAILURES OF THE NEW GENERATION YOU MENTIONED,
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| 00:41:49 |
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AND THE CONCERNS MR. HUNTINGTON EXPRESSED IN HIS LATEST BOOK, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT, WELL, THE COMBINATION
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OF THESE FEATURES, NEW FEATURES LIKE
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| 00:42:03 |
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LIBERTARIANS ETC., AND WHAT HE CALLED THE CLASSICAL TRADITIONAL AMERICAN VALUES AND YOU MENTIONED THE TRAVEL ABROAD, AND HOW DO YOU THINK THESE TRADITIONAL...
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| 00:42:47 |
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IS REPUDIATING ITS AMERICAN NETS BY REPUDIATING ITS ANGLO-SAXON ROOTS. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, THAT THIS IS A NATION THAT WAS SETTLED BY IMMIGRANTS...
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| 00:45:14 |
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EARLIER. WITH THE CAPABILITY OF YOUNG PEOPLE TO BE GOING OUT AND NETWORKING AND WORKING IN VISITING WITH THEIR AGE COHORTS ALL OVER THE REST OF THE...
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| 00:46:29 |
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ABLE TO CITE THE SPECIFIC NUMBERS OFF THE TOP OF MY
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| 00:46:33 |
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HEAD BUT RICH KIDS HAVE ALWAYS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL, AND HIGHLY EDUCATED KIDS HAVE AS WELL. WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE IS A LEVELING EXPERIENCE...
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| 00:46:47 |
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GROWTH OF THESE PLANETARY SENSIBILITIES IN THE BRASS CUD AND MONTANA. I HAVE TO TELL YOU JUST ANECDOTALLY, I SPOKE LAST OCTOBER AT DEAVER STATE UNIVERSITY...
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| 00:50:00 |
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HOUSING CRISIS SHOWED AMERICAN SPENDING WAY BEYOND THEIR
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MEANS. IS IT ADAPTED TO WHAT THEY SAY IN WHAT THEY DO? >> I AM GLAD YOU ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE IT IS SOME AMERICANS, WHO, IT IS NOT MOST OR MANY...
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AND I-- THE KIDS WILL LITTLE. I WAS WORKING AS A COMMUNITY COLLEGE INSTRUCTOR, AND WE STARTED TO LOOK INTO BUYING A HOUSE AND WHEN WE SAT DOWN WITH...
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PERSON. [LAUGHTER] THE PUBLIC VOTED FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING AND CONSENSUS BUILDING AND THEY THINK THE BALL HAS
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| 00:53:03 |
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BEEN DROPPED. I THINK TO A DEGREE, THE PRESIDENT DROPPED THE BALL BECAUSE HE DID TALK ABOUT BIPARTISANSHIP AND IT WAS CATCHING ON. HE STARTED TO CHANGE...
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| 00:56:22 |
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INCOME DIFFERENCES AND THERE IS
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A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RAISE AND LOWER INCOME, AND I HESITATE TO USE THE WORD PESSIMISM
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| 00:56:39 |
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BUT LACK OF OPTIMISM ANY WAY. THERE ARE, AS YOU KNOW FROM MY DATA A SMALL GROUP OF AMERICANS THAT I HAVE CALLED THE DREAM WAS THAT, WHO BELIEVE IN ANY...
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| 00:57:34 |
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THE DATA, AND THE BACK WHERE YOU SEE RACE RELATIONS GOING, INCLUDING IF YOU CAN SORT OF
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| 00:57:44 |
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INTERPERSONAL BETWEEN WHITES AND
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SO-CALLED BLACKS? >> OKAY, GREAT. IN TERMS OF INTERPRETING THE DATA, I AM NOT A STATISTICIAN. I AM A HISTORIAN BY TRAINING, AND SO WHAT I HAVE TRIED...
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| 00:58:08 |
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LIKE, ALL RIGHT ALL OF THESE NUMBERS, WHAT ON EARTH ARE THEY TELLING ME, AND SO THE PROCESS IS NOT TO FOCUS ON ONE BITE OF DATA HERE OR ONE BITE OF...
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WERE ISSUES THERE. PRIVACY
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| 01:02:44 |
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IS A VERY INDIVIDUAL THING. THERE WERE A VERY DIFFERENT CULTURAL STYLES. THERE ARE ISSUES OF DATA THAT SHOULD NOT BE SHARED, AND THINGS THAT COME BACK...
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| 01:03:23 |
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OF IT AND THE WAITERS CAME BY, AND SHE STARTED TALKING BECAUSE THAT IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF FIRST GLOBALS. THERE IS NOT A SENSE OF DIFFERENCE AT ALL. [LAUGHTER]...
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| 01:05:48 |
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KNOW BECAUSE MAJOR EVENTS OBVIOUSLY CAN CHANGE THINGS. AND, THERE ARE TWO THINGS YOU KNOW THAT MAKE AN AGE COHORT. ONE IN
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| 01:06:02 |
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HIS THE LIFECYCLE. 20 SOME THINGS ARE ALWAYS 20 SOME THINGS AND 30 SOMETHINGS AND 40 SOME THINGS, THERE ASPECTS OF BEHAVIOR. 20 SOMETHINGS ARE ENGAGED...
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| 01:08:30 |
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ALWAYS KNOWS AMERICA AND I THINK HE CAN SEE WHY. THANKS AGAIN AND THEIR TRANSCRIPTS AND A VIDEO OF THIS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT WWW.CSIS.ORG. THANKS VERY...
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COMMITTEE ANNUAL MEETING IN WASHINGTON D.C. IS JONATHAN KROHN. HE IS THE AUTHOR OF "DEFINE CONSERVATISM"
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