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Eyck Freymann, author of DEFENDING TAIWAN: Strategy to Prevent War with China (Oxford University Press), had an excellent—albeit sobering—interview on MSNOW’s Morning Joe. He walks through what's at stake if China invades Taiwan or imposes a military blockade, given that Taiwan manufactures 90% of the world's advanced semiconductors.

Freymann (www.eyckfreymann.com) argues that Beijing has been closely watching the Strait of Hormuz, and could replicate those tactics in the Strait of Taiwan—with even more painful results for the global economy.

You can watch the clip here (min 2:36):
https://bit.ly/48ilb9H

University of Texas law professor Mechele Dickerson spoke with Walter Isaacson on Amanpour & Company about her new book THE MIDDLE-CLASS NEW DEAL (University of California Press). Her argument is simple and damning: the decline of the American middle class isn't inevitable — it's a policy choice. The GI Bill created mass upward mobility after WWII, and the tools exist to do it again. On homeownership, education, and more, Dickerson shows exactly what needs to be done. Washington has simply chosen not to do it.

Mechele writes in the book about her own middle-class upbringing and that of her sons, and in a delightful touch, the show shared photos of her parents and her two (grown) boys!

https://youtu.be/ZJx_e7ZGAe0