The editor of Newsweek International, ABC News analyst, and New York Times bestselling author, Farheed Zakaria discusses a future where the U.S. no longer dominates the global economy, geopolitics, and culture. He predicts the rise of nations such as China, India, Brazil, and Russia and the development of a truly global era. Asserts Zakaria, the U.S.A. needs to learn to understand other nations and find a way to thrive in this rapidly shifting dynamic. This program was recorded in front of a live audience on May 27, 2008 at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, CA. Duration 1:06:46
On July 28, 2008, Glenn Greenwald Interviews David Sirota.
Glenn Greenwald spoke with author and columnist David Sirota, whose most recent book is "Uprising: An Unauthorized Tour of the Populist Revolt Scaring Wall Street and Washington." Sirota's book explores how the pervasive and intense dissatisfaction among the citizenry with our political class can be channeled into genuine political change. Glenn also discusses with Sirota, corporate control over our political process, the impact of America's growing income inequality on political change. David J. Sirota is an American political commentator. He is a two-time New York Times betselling author, nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist and blogger. Glenn Greenwald is a former American attorney and current political and legal blogger, and columnist at Salon Magazine. He is the author of "How Would a Patriot Act?" and "A Tragic Legacy", both New York Times bestsellers. Duration 0:35:39