it also doesn't recognize -- mr. roth. johnson he got fired because he didn't win battles against sherman. if lee would have done the same thing he would have been sacked too probably. >> why is this important? >> it is culture. mr. conners. >> that's why you like spoiling battles. that's why you like washington, too, is dependent on public opinion which is why he did raids and he attacked small detachments when he could pick up and win and say look at all of these guys i beat. >> that's a good point. this is something -- >> has to do with their relationship with davis because to say that he would have been sacked just because he wasn't doing anything is kind of a far stretch. for example, north lincoln didn't fire half of his generals simply because of political reasons who were not doing as well. >> wait awhile. sometimes he did. mcclellan is a good example of that. lincoln doesn't like mcclellan early on and eventually gets rid of him and takes him awhile. what's different about american political culture between the co

but it also doesn't recognize -- mr. roth? >> johnson got fired because he didn't win battles in sherman. if lee would have done the same thing, lee would have been sacked too probably. >> yes. >> and why is this important? >> that's why you fight spoiling battles. that's why you, like washington too, is depend upon public opinion. km is why he did raids and he attacked small detachments when he could pick up a win and say look. >> that's a good point. >> -- the relationship with davis. to say he would have been sacked because he wasn't doing anything is kind of a far stretch. like, for example, lincoln didn't fire half of his generals because of political reasons who were not doing as well. >> sometimes he does. mcen is a good -- mccullen is a good example of that. what's different about american political culture between the confederacy. i mean, now i'm expecting you to remember it's a little bit of american history, in the jacksonian period. democracy. in washington's era public opinion is not as important. in the early ame

university his new book occupied economy challenging capitalism hits shelves in the next few months mr roth thank you very much for staying down to speak with me thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to years ago you said that a crisis would take not just a few years but much longer to overcome it is a common belief that the so-called financial crisis is basically over the one that started in two thousand and eight so where do you think the u.s. economy is right now i think the way to answer that question is to recognize that this crisis is a crisis of the entire global system and where it is extremely bad at one moment it will be relatively easier at another as the symptoms move around for example the united states was in much worse shape in the first two years two thousand and eight and two thousand and nine compared to europe two years later the years two thousand and ten and two thousand and eleven reverse the united states is not the extreme problem europe is and the financial crisis that we talk about is as severe today in europe as it ever was in the united states th