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Hey, how are you doing today?
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I'm very well for you.
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Absolutely fantastic and very excited to share a conversation with you
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because you bring up a lot of subjects inside this book
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that really do pertain to where we presently are.
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And I just think that it's going to be a great conversation starter
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because people are going to bring their own personal experiences into it.
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So glad you think that way.
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Yeah, I think the timing for the release of this book is not bad.
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Did you know that going into this project, though,
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or was it something that you just felt like we need to be talking about this
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and I'm going to be the activator?
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I think this book, I've been working on this book for now more than 10 years.
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So this has been my pre-authentic vision.
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I've been working for about 10 years.
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You know, and I didn't know for you like, you know,
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if you see the world in the framework that I said on this book
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and you can understand how we got into the mess that we're into that.
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Well, and it definitely didn't happen overnight.
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It's been building up for a long time.
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And I think, you know, what I wanted to mention between you and this book
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is the idea that everybody is responsible.
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And I think from that point of view, I think, you know,
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at this point, maybe the battle has been lost,
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but I think it's very important to take this debate directly to the general readers.
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So how did it make sense which would be going on regardless of the background?
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So that we can make any smarter decisions of our next step,
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because like, you know, we could be heading into what we're afraid.
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At the rate of which we're going, I mean, as you can see what's happening
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over this Iran business.
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And as you know, I mean, it's real.
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I think this is why I think, you know, because this whole topic
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about globalization is so misunderstood.
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And it's been manipulated by political forces on both sides.
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But I think that, you know, I think it's time that
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somewhere like me, with the public globalization,
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I think, you know, I like to think that I'm more qualified than most people
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in terms of writing this book.
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To really not take a political stance or an ideological stance,
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but simply set up the truth in a way that actually can be understood by everybody.
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Again, to me, the most important thing about globalization
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is the fact that it touched everybody everywhere regardless
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whether they know or not.
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And I think, you know, especially at this particular moment in time,
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like, for example, you know, I live in Israel, right?
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And in something that I've been talking about over the last couple of weeks
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is the fact that a lot of people don't realize the war in Iran
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is actually the first possible war between the United States and China.
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The reason why it's managed to, right back as hard as they had,
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it has a lot to do with the help they've been getting from China.
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But it's interesting because only two months ago,
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the Chinese were very reluctant to provide your run
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with the strategic backstop.
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It was not until it comes into a lot of actions against Venezuela
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that China had decided to reassess, you know,
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the risk of staying on the timeline.
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So I think from now front of you, again,
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what we need to understand is that there's cause and there's effect.
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And so from now front of you, we have to be able to go all the way back to the beginning.
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And it's very important for everybody to understand what it is about.
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Because there's no question if you look at war in Iran,
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there will be two other war moves in the past.
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You know, we sort of sweep walk ourselves into the thing.
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So I decided to use the device of a novel.
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Something, again, everybody can understand people will be in the team by
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and people will find it interesting to really connect the doctors.
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And that's really the aim here in this book to help people figure out.
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How do we get ourselves into this big mess?
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There's more with David Wu right around the corner.
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The name of the book, Mary Go Round, broke down.
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We are back with author David Wu.
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What people are doing right now, is they're either going to Google
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or they're going to chat GPT or they're going to Brock
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and they're looking for answers when in fact you're sitting here writing it inside your book
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and you're getting it in real-life terms
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to where they can have a better understanding it at the pace that they're doing it
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and not something that's just slammed into a digital effort.
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I think that's exactly right.
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I'm not dismissing Google and whatever it is, Facebook.
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The problem is, in these days, it's too easy to become an opinion-maker.
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Everybody, you know, has read three books before they want to become an opinion-maker.
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The problem is that there are more opinions and there are facts.
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And that is, I think, the biggest failing of the whole digital media
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that actually, that people can say whatever they want to say,
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you know, you can say well, it's my men's rights and so on and so forth.
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But the point here is that, you know, I think, I'm fortunate,
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but I think, you know, there's something to be said about decentralizing basically the narrative,
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but I think this is also very dangerous.
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And I'm just saying, like, listen, I was born in this work of Taiwan's parents.
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I grew up in Taiwan one with education from the most part of the U.S.
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and then I got my teaching in international trade at Columbia University.
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My first job was working for the International Monetary Fund.
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My first job in the private sector was actually in London working for Citibank,
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covering all of emerging markets.
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My last job on Wall Street was at the head of global interest rates,
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currencies, emerging market, economic research,
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where I was responsible for the bank's forecast for over 150 countries.
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I think, you know, I've been through hundreds of countries.
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I mean, I was very lucky.
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My jobs has actually introduced me a lot of people at different walks of life.
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I feel like I want, you know, when I retired, my wife said to me,
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you've got to basically get something back.
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And I'd be fit to write a novel,
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drawing my own personal experience, but in a very broad way.
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So that I wanted, you know, again, you know, I would be welcome.
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I would welcome any sort of pushback of my book,
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but I will just book in as honest a way as I could,
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because I feel connected, you know, about what's been going on the last 20 years.
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We don't throw out the baby with a bath water.
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I also think that, you know, there's a big difference between globalization and globalism.
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I'm against globalism, but I'm not against globalization.
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And there's a very, very big difference between the two.
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So I'm just saying, like, you know,
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if it rains, it's unfortunate.
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I think the world's gone through this point.
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It's a very dangerous point.
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I don't know how much I can do to move the needle.
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But this is my attempt at trying to help basic people to have more honest dialogue.
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And I think again, you know, like,
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this is why I put it in a novel so that everybody can relate.
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I'm guaranteeing that hundreds of characters in the book,
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I'm fairly certain everybody picking up this book will be able to find somebody they can identify with.
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And I think that is also what I'm trying to do,
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because in a way that globalization was going on the world today,
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it's not somebody else's problem.
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It's all a problem, whether you know it or not.
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I love where your heart is.
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Where can people go to find out about you, David?
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Because 10 minutes with you is not going to be enough time.
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They need to go in there and dive in there.
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And so they can make their way to a bookstore.
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I want them to physically put their hands on a real book this time around.
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Yeah, so basically first of all, you know,
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I now have a YouTube channel going.
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People want to know what I think about politics, geopolitics, economic technology.
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They can look me up on YouTube, David Rumbound.
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Okay, you know, it's free.
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So there's no obligation.
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I did this in order to engage people in, you know, sort of a very honest,
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but also rigorous dialogue about,
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and should be the four major sources driving the world today.
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And if you want to read up about me, you know,
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just my Wikipedia page, you can read up about me, you know,
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like just last month in your time's publishing article,
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I wrote about my relationship with my wife,
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who's my co-author, who is 20 years older than me,
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who's published in the marketing love section of the New York Times.
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If you subscribe to New York Times, check that out,
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because this is about our relationship, our love.
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And she's my co-author.
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I couldn't have written the book without her.
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So in the way, it also brings together our background,
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what makes this book different, because our background
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could have been more dissimilar.
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And then you could find a book right now,
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available for pre-order on Amazon, Barnes and Noble's,
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you know, even Target and Walmart.
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The book will be coming up.
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That's really the one we've done on March 31st.
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I love it. Well, you got to come back to this show any time
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I want to continue this story growing forward, okay, sir?
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Absolutely. Thank you so much for having me.
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Will you be brilliant today?
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You, me and Tuscany, is a brand new rom-com from Will Packer,
12:02
the guy who produced Girl's Trip.
12:04
The movie stars Hallie Bailey and Reggae Jean Page
12:07
and has all the ingredients of your favorite rom-coms.
12:10
Heart, huge labs, and sizzling chemistry,
12:13
set in the enchanting vineyards of Tuscany.
12:16
It's the movie escape we've been waiting for,
12:18
and the perfect film for date night
12:20
or a night out with the girls,
12:22
get your rom-com on with you, me and Tuscany,
12:25
directed by Cat Coro, only in theaters April 10th.
12:28
At Amika Insurance,
12:30
we know it's not just what's inside your home that matters.
12:33
It's who you share it with.
12:36
That's why we work even harder to protect it,
12:39
and as a mutual insurance company,
12:41
we're built for our customers.
12:43
We prioritize your needs
12:45
and are here for you when you need us.
12:47
Amika, empathy is our best policy.
12:51
Visit amika.com and get a quote today.