The Problem with Prosperity - Fareed Zakaria

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/27/Fareed_Zakaria_Thriving_in_a_Post_America-Centric_W...

Bestselling author Fareed Zakaria warns that as global prosperity levels continue to rise, competition over global resources will similarly increase.

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The rise of other nations need not mean a decline of the U.S., says Zakaria. He foresees a future where the U.S. no longer dominates the global economy, geopolitics and culture, and it needn't be seen as a negative development, he believes; our nation needs to learn to understand other nations and find a way to thrive in this rapidly shifting dynamic.

Join us as Newsweek International's editor shares his insights on how our nation can thrive in the coming millennium - The Commonwealth Club of California

Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International and author of The Post American World and The Future of Freedom.

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[emphaticapathy]

@Platewarp Yeah, because he's brown. Thanks for that well thought out analysis.

[longfootbuddy]

@quiltmaster89 where's my evidence that water is wet

[quiltmaster89]

@longfootbuddy wheres your evidence zakaria says that

[longfootbuddy]

the reason the world is screwed up, is because people have formed corporations.. larger and larger corporations and collective control over individuals...and fareed and many other idiots want it to continue to grow

[rebeccaabdallah]

@Platewarp He's not even Muslim.

[Platewarp]

Don't trust this guy for one second. He would cut your head off while chanting to Allah

[drako132313]

we must stop playing games (monopoly) and start doing real work like building a machine that can build more machines to make are lives easier than focus on creating clean energy devices and build another robot to build these machine these tool that we need really what do we really need politics or technology...think about...EX: pencil cars planes ect..wake up my people my brothers and sisters we are one.

[romish12]

this guy is really realy smart when it comes to economy, politics, and foriegn policies..and yes he is muslim.. lol.. ALL MUSLIMS ARE CONTROLLING AMERICA>> HAHAH.. nice

[PersephoneSwimming]

thanks a lot for posting these and alerting us to the longer version, as well.

[gth824c]

"In the current administration...we have competent leaders."

Whether its this administration or the previous ones they all tend to respond to certain incentives. Lobbyist such as the farm lobby which represent a large constituency wield a lot of power and can send one of their own to one of these bureaucracies. Once in these bureaucracies they can manipulate regulatory framework in order to shutout competitors. Leaders are often forced to pander because these lobbyist have large "vote banks".