If You Give Up On Democracy, You

The Trans Pacific Partnership (and Fast-track Authority To Whisk It Through Congress Without Debate) Is Fast Approaching. If You Haven't Seen Our Video About It, Please Watch. If You Have, Please Share. And Mobilize And Organize Friends And Colleagues To Call Their Senators And Representatives To Tell Them To Vote Against This Reprehensible Deal.

I Don't Think That Our Problem, Our Jobs Problem, Is Fundamentally A Problem Of Trade. I Think It Has Much More To Do With The Fact That We Have Not Sufficiently Educated Our Population. We Have Not Got Out Of This Great Recession With Adequate Stimulus And Adequate Fiscal And Monetary Policies Over All.

We Used To Be So Proud That Our Country Offered Far More Economic Opportunities Than The Feudal System In Great Britain, With Its Royal Family, Princesses And Dukes. But Social Mobility In The Uk Is Higher Than In The Us. Our Social Rift Is As Big As It Was In The 1920s.

You Have To Keep A Sense Of Humor About Yourself, More Than Anything Else. You've Got To Take The Issues Very Seriously, But You Can't Take Yourself Too Seriously. And Washington Is A City In Which Everybody Takes Themselves Extraordinarily Seriously.

It's Very Hard To Establish An Economy Of Trustworthiness. The Key Is Continuing To Innovate And To Keep Your Customers Through Innovation, Because The Customers Can Leave. But Once You Are A Dominant Player That Continues To Innovate And Provide A Good Deal, Customers Will Stay With You.