Charlie Rose

TriTon  10/21/2011 08:00 PM Report

Soros is brilliant. I feel sorry for those who avoid his wisdom and demonize him without understanding.

robertg  10/06/2010 09:58 PM Report

nctaxpayer,

You seem like a standard right-winger, incapable of a thought that isn't a vicious cliche, in which case you probably wouldn't like the Charlie Rose Show.

"Taxpayers who are much more realistic realize that the promises are empty campaign speeches and they would not be constructive changes for our country." The idea that people who pay taxes didn't vote for Obama is both absurd and invidious: do you think African-Americans don't pay taxes?

nctaxpayer  07/05/2010 12:16 PM Report

Watching the conversations with George Soros it baffles me why you appear to admire this man who wrote the book, The Bubble of American Supremacy and who made his fortune by "breaking the Bank of England" in 1992 with his hedge fund betting against the British Pound Sterling. Soros is committed to ending capitalism and is using his money and influence to bring about the transformation of countries of the world to the delusional vision of a "New World Order". Has he not seen what has happened to the European Common Market and the Euro? He wants the U.S. to be part of "no nationalism", "redistribution of wealth to end poverty, wars and to save the planet," etc. Soros, along with some other wealthy people in the "Club Rome" want the shared vision and policies of a few "enlightened" non-nationalistic elites (i.e. such as themselves) to decide who will get what and what will be done "in the New World Order."

The most frightening thing of all is Soros' use of his fortune to promote and help one of his disciples get elected President of the United States in 2008---a man who has great speech writers and is articulate and tells every audience what he thinks they want to hear whether it is true or not. His ideas are accepted at face value by college students (many of whom are young, idealistic, inexperienced and gullible) and people with something to gain from the new policies. Taxpayers who are much more realistic realize that the promises are empty campaign speeches and they would not be constructive changes for our country. A president who in the first 18 months in office has managed to force through Congress his so-called health care reform, is committed to providing amnesty to millions of illegal aliens and their familities who want to join them in the U.S. giving them precedence and ignoring the plight of millions of U.S. citizens and legal immigrants who are unemployed and are losing their homes, his refusal to secure our national borders which is his responsibility as our president, his attempts to appease countries whose radicals have declared "jihad" against the infidels--America and Americans, his bowing to dictators, his apologizing for this country's history, his insults and enmity towards our long-time friends and allies--the UK and countries of Western Europe, his lack of support of Israel leaving that country surrounded by enemies without protection, his total disregard of the wishes of the majority of U.S. citizens---our nation has never faced such peril from within as now from this inexperienced and radical president who does not believe in the tenets of democracy and does not intend to carry out his oath of office to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. He does not identify with the beliefs of the majority of Americans and would never have been elected without the backing and financial support of people such as George Soros.

I am a Registered Democrat and vote in every primary and general election and I believe that people who voted for Obama were lied to and duped. Democrats are going to lose control of Congress because of the policies of this president and his disregard of the wishes of the majority of very angry Americans and his commitment to bring about radical, destructive change in America.

I am very disappointed in your program and attitute toward George Soros and his anti-America bias and philosophy. How about countering Soros' beliefts with those of patriots and people who have fought for America's ideals? The founding fathers built into our system of government checks and balances to prevent "the tyranny of the minority against the wishes of the majority of the people"---both elites and racial minorities.

DrHaraldWozniewski  03/09/2009 03:55 AM Report

Mr. Soros has not allways right. If you understand German: There's an interesting study entitled "Die amerikanische Bankenkrise und die weltweite Finanzkrise". Maybe you can try it with help by Google http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.meudalismus.dr-wo.de%2Fhtml%2Fbankenkrise.ht m&sl=de&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

You, also you dear Mr. Soros, should read it!

sachio fukuzawa  10/27/2008 08:30 AM Report

Dear my George Soros,

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Sincerely yours,

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paul vincent zecchino  10/21/2008 11:02 PM Report

Doesn't Soros want to grab your firearms and hand them to his Praetorian Guards?

Check out the photo above. Do you see open society, or cold, calculating, and cruel?

Erasing Second Ammendment Rights - regardless of whether you own or even like firearms - is prequel first to crime waves and ultimately, genocide. Just ask Hitler, Stalin, and Pol Pot.

Doesn't Soros surely know his history?

Europe is to be our model? For what? Stagnation, dreary existence in decaying cities, sitting in sidewalk cafes, devoid of all rights save for the right to hand him our wealth and liberty?

Ah yes, the resurrection of the Paris Ghetto of the 1870's.

Old dreams never quit for some, do they - just like shingles, scabies, and liverflukes?

Do these Goldfinger wannabes ever do normal things such as mountain hiking, diving in the tropics, or - yikes! - hunting?

Is this the same character the Thai government - another of his victims - described as 'an economic war criminal' who 'sucks the blood from the people'?

Paul Vincent Zecchino

Manasota Key, Florida

21 October, 2008

Joseph  10/19/2008 01:04 AM Report

Charlie Rose interrupts too many times. How did he become an interviewer on TV? He should allow Soros to formulate his thouthgs and responds. Sopros is a wealth of information and an absolute Genius. It's a shame he was interrupted so many times and was not allowed to complete his sentences.

I have never seen or heard anyone that understand global financial activities like Soros. No wonder he made over $8 Billion!

open free trade  08/03/2008 09:52 AM Report

Tax cuts and open (free) trade can cure the common cold. Also all we need to do is open the border and accept high rates of immigration. That way we can become a conservative third world utopia.

Colleen  08/02/2008 07:57 AM Report

Soros is out to destroy or at the very least to weaken the United states. Let him lecture his own home country.....they could use some help.

This man is using his influence (money) to control the masses and influence our politics.

Money does not make you a genius..something Hollywood or Mr. Soros are not smart enough to understand.

Their underhanded politics will not prevail. They buy people. They try to buy your thoughts.

Go home Mr. Soros....and stay there. Other than for the extreme left of this country...your presence has no value. What you are seeking.....you will not get. Better to give your money to the poor than trying to control our Government and the people.

You will never succeed.

Colleen

Jackie Ye  07/29/2008 11:43 PM Report

Excellent interview oustanding work, I love the insight George Soros gives.

Erlyn Baack  07/20/2008 01:42 PM Report

Charlie Rose had the opportunity to PROBE DEEP, but he failed miserably. Charlie Rose should learn to ASK a question and then WAIT for his guest to fully develop a response. As for the George Soros "conversation" on April 10, 2008, it was a waste of time.

No more Charlie Rose "conversations" for me; thank you.

Stuart Lerner  07/12/2008 05:25 PM Report

Great program. Soros is brilliant. BUT Charlie interrupts too much. It

seems as if he is trying to demonstrate how much he knows, rather than allow the guest to keep talking. It is embarrssing to see the way he badgers Soros.

joe m  06/25/2008 02:05 PM Report

I love this website. Am on it all the time.

Joe

from Canada  06/24/2008 03:04 PM Report

Is this the famous Charlie Rose show? He interrupted the guest so often that I could barely stand watching half the show. What his claim to fame?

Jeannie  06/18/2008 11:32 PM Report

This interview was spoiled for me by Charlie's agressive interuptions.

It was Soros' opinions and predictions that I was interested in, not Mr.Rose's.

Rose's constant egoic attempt to sound ever so knowledgable was an iritant to what could have been an enjoyable interview.

Dave  05/26/2008 01:11 PM Report

Mr Soros is not alone in the game. He has powerful superiors who have used him to

set a stage for a borderless, cashless global society. How otherwise would you explain him running away with so many crimes against humanity unpunished? Or how would you understand that he has never run out of cash? It is sad to see how many people fall after his soft spoken ness not withstanding how much misery he and his global elite have wrecked upon humanity.

Basically Soros is Global Eliteâ??s broker and he and his superiors should be severely

punished for their crimes period

Bruce Brandt  04/29/2008 09:59 AM Report

Charlie Rose managed to silence even the bubbling George Soros with his frequent interruptions into Soros participation. Rude, unnecessary and disturbing to the viewers.

Charlie Rose would be well served to learn to 'relax' during his shows. I speak with moderation on this subject since I feel strongly.

P. Lathrop  04/29/2008 09:21 AM Report

I have long felt that Charlie Rose interrupts his guests too frequently. He also delivers over-lengthy lead-ins. Mr. Rose sometimes sounds like he is trying to prove that he knows a lot about the topic at hand. We know that he is knowledgeable. It is boring to listen to him prove it so often. We want to hear the guests speak.

Just my two cents.

Shalom Freedman  04/23/2008 02:58 AM Report

Informative show on world- economic- crisis. Soros knows stuff even though his political views are very far Left.

He has a bit of a know- it- all manner.

But he does point to realities i.e. the declining power of the dollar: the flight from currencies: the commodity bubble: the crisis in the housing market: the foreclosure crisis: the need for more regulation on the part of the Fed: the fact that the U.S. is already in a recession:

His attack on monetarist doctrine and his advocacy of the control of the growth of credit are his standard stuff.

However he does not point to a clear way out of the crisis , and makes few 'positive recommendations'.

I would also add. I think the criticisms of Charlie Rose for intervening in his guests' remarks are essentially incorrect. Rose is intelligent, informed and a great conversationalist in most of his shows. His faults are in my opinion in being too uncritical in questioning his guests.

Dr. Artimus Gordon  04/20/2008 07:37 PM Report

I agree this interview was outstanding except it has some flaws.

Arnold Palmer  04/20/2008 07:36 PM Report

Excellent interview oustanding work, I love the insight George Soros gives.

C.Thornburg  04/20/2008 04:09 PM Report

This is shananigans right here. As my dear friends Professor Gillis and Dr. Artimus Gordon have stated the schrobople line would have to drop for the bobojankoey to crash which it clearly has not done yet.

J Haran  04/17/2008 03:06 AM Report

Soros did not directly address Peak Oil. He did mention how the people are shifting away from currencies and investing in commodities which is forcing an abnormally large commodities bubble, but this does not entirely explain the massive price increase per barrel; Peak Oil is to blame here and its consequences are going to only compound everything Soros was talking about.

What do you guys think?

Leonard K. Johnson  04/16/2008 02:20 AM Report

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E. Monberg  04/15/2008 08:11 PM Report

Jeez Charlie, Monday, April 14, 2008

EMBARRASSING to me to watch/hear you rudely interrupt and talk over thoughtful people - Soros is just one ....

Please, occasionally, take the AIDS defensive position, e.g.:

Staying seated with your mouth shut !

Watching you less and less,

Ed

Shaft  04/15/2008 01:50 PM Report

Mr. Rose very nice discussion on the economy, as usual. One slight disagreement I have with Mr. Soros, is that the RICH African-American community has been hit most, the fact is as I have stated in past discussions with savvy economist guests, the poor African-American society paid heafty on the debacle of the economy whose genesis is the Iraq war propelled by the poor lending practices. The poor African-Americans are the one that lost most out. They are the ones that bought many of the sub-prime market housing, because many of the African-Americans have not so good credit or no credit history. Today, many of the African-Americans military personnels who have volunteered to fight in Iraq are victims, if not them directly their families are. == So, for reasons I stated above and past comments on forclosure victims I disagree with Mr. Soros that the RICH African-Americans are the victims of this market meltdown we are swimming in at the present moment. Never theless the interview is so nice it makes you listen to other conversations you have with this wise man.

Vera Kahn  04/15/2008 01:36 PM Report

What can we do about Charlie Rose interrupting his guests and changing the trend of thought. He doesn't seem to learn from this repeated criticism.

Travis  04/15/2008 12:49 PM Report

I think that Charlie's 'interruptions' keeps the discussion up-beat and in tempo. It's indicative of a free-flowing stream-of-conciousness discussion...a straight up interview it isn't...but if it was...I wouldn't watch and drown in 60 minutes soundbites =), God forbid!

K.Salisbury  04/14/2008 06:50 PM Report

I caught the last part of a George Soros interview last week that I was sure was this, the latest one. Charlie Rose asked George if there was any advice he'd like to give in the few minutes remaining and George related an anecdote about his education, start in the world of finance, and the lessons he'd learned about successfully applying his talents. I didn't quite understand some of what he'd meant and thought to pick up the interview again here.

Unfortunately, neither this interview (I listened in its entirety), nor the other three listed (of which I listened to only the last five minutes) contains any such anecdote re: meaningful personal advice.

It doesn't look as if this segment was edited out of this video replay, but what do I know. Does anyone recall this information as part of the interview, and enough so to be able to explain it. Thanks. KS

R. Baum  04/14/2008 01:45 PM Report

If you are invested in Commodity Index Funds, as "Seattle Sun" must be, otherwise he wouldn't have been so irate by my earlier comment, then I would read the article that I referred to in my comment of April 13, 2008. I think it will be worth your time.

Gillian  04/14/2008 10:37 AM Report

Michael,

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Just click on "More Info" and you get the entire interview.

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Otherwise, I rarely find that Charlie interrupts too much. And I agree with many of Mr. Soros' points, but nobody's perfect people.

T. Yoshioka  04/14/2008 07:55 AM Report

Mr. Soros message is simple: the captitalist theory that market forces are best for society in the long run is not always true. A minimum amount of intervention/regulation is required to control their swings. Mr. Soros is an articulate individual and I enjoy hearing him speak.

Did Charlie Rose have a couple of drinks before the show? He seemed to be getting more red and aggravated during the second part of the interview.

SeattleSun  04/13/2008 09:13 PM Report

Comment by R. Baum on Sunday, Apr 13 at 03:24 PM

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This reminds me of the Hunt Brothers and Gold trading of a past era. It will probably end badly for all.

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R. Baum you have NO CREDIBILITY the Hunt Brother had little to nothing to do with Gold. If you don't know that I doubt you know anything about the commodities markets. You don't know the difference between Ag and Au! Sorry No Credibility when it comes to commodities.

R. Baum  04/13/2008 03:24 PM Report

George Soros did not mention in his interview with Charlie Rose, I'm sure he knows, that speculators are behind the run up in Commodities Prices. There was a real eye opener article in a recent Barron's weekly titled, "Who's Behind the Bull Market in Commodities?" which points to the ineptitude of the regulators of the commodities markets. The major culpret is the allowence of Commodities Index Funds to be exempt from Contract Ownership Limits. A case in point is that Commodity Index Funds now own about 85% of the 2008 wheat crop. Wheat went from about $4 a bushel 3 years ago to $22 this year.Is the world eating that much more bread this year? The Commodity Regulators will not release the other Index Fund holdings probably because they fear a panic of selling. This reminds me of the Hunt Brothers and Gold trading of a past era. It will probably end badly for all.

J Haran  04/13/2008 01:40 PM Report

I agree with much of what Allyn is saying, however simply laying the blame at the feet of over speculation is missing the point. Not only are all of these factors joined at the hip, the main point of Soros' argument was that it is the fundamental philosophy behind market capitalism that is faulty - markets are NOT as self correcting as the pundits believe they are.

Also, if the current price of crude is not being influenced by a shortage of supply, it will be in the very near term! Wake UP! Yes, there are still an estimated 1 Trillion barrels of crude left in the ground, but this is not the problem. The problem is that once all of the sweet, lighter oil is pumped out, the heavier oil which is left takes more time and effort to extract, thus PRODUCTION of oil resources will peak and ultimately slow down. Yes there is oil, LOTS of oil. Demand continues to increase for it, unfortunately industry will not be able to provide and increasing supply for much longer.

If this is not currently to blame for the rapid increase in price, then it will within the next year or so. Dont believe me? DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. Starting here would be a good idea: http://www.energybulletin.net/primer.php

Concerned Canadian  04/13/2008 07:01 AM Report

Allyne mentions a number of issues that are undermining the United States....... Mr Soros is concerned about a country that had it all and is losing much of it. I think that point came across in this interview and if you add the comments that were made in the Mr Peterson interview it is clear that The United States is in deep troubl....... I detect that many of those who post are deeply disturbed by what they see. In this regard they have reason to be seriously concerned. Your government and your regulators have let you down. And that is just two constituencies.

Allyn  04/12/2008 07:12 PM Report

Charlie speaking over Soros and not letting him complete a thought.- Charlie was running scared because Soros was saying that the recession is going to be long and hard, and he doesn't want to hear that. No one does.

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Yes, official unemployment is about 5%, but real unemployment is many times that number because the government stops counting people once their benefits run out, so the real numbers today are worse than in the 70s.

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Yes, inflation has only been about 3% each year for the past twenty years, but real salaries have not kept up. In the last 17 years at work I did not receive a cost-of-living increase. That has been fairly typical for the country so we have less spending dollars than we did in the 70s during the oil crisis.

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Everything that is happening now has been obvious since the 90s when Japan went through their meltdown. Everything that happened to them is now happening to us. This current crisis could have been solved in the past ten years without major impact, but instead of acting in the best interest of the public everyone allowed "greed is good" to be their rallying cry.

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Soros pointed out that Capital Markets work but the Fed is responsible for keeping these inevitable bubbles small and controllable, and they failed to act in time. Soros mentioned the commodities bubble forming now, he mentioned wheat, rice, oil, etc... Charlie got obsessed about gold and totally missed what Soros was saying.

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The price of housing went sky high because speculators drove the prices up beyond what the average person could afford, creating bizarre mortgage schemes along the way. The Fed did nothing to control that bubble, and prices will crash to below half their current levels leaving people upside-down on their mortgages.

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The price of oil is over 100 bucks a barrel because of speculators driving up the price, not because of the Iraq war. There is no shortage, this is not Peak Oil, this is all being driven by commodity speculation. We are being ripped off at the pump by speculators, and the Fed does nothing to control this bubble that keeps growing.

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The price of basic food is going through the roof as speculators drive up the prices. India has stopped exporting rice so that their populations can afford to buy the rice that they grow. Our food prices go sky high as speculators play their money games, and the Fed does nothing.

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That was what Soros was trying to tell Charlie, if he would only have listened past his fear.

Carol J  04/12/2008 05:06 PM Report

Gee! Vera Kahn do you think that by repeating your message about 12 times is going to make a difference. Give the man a little slack after all the show is titled CHARLIE ROSE. Some times the show would be dull if he did not open his mouth.

Vera Kahn  04/12/2008 04:02 PM Report

What can we do about Charlie Rose interrupting his guests and changing the trend of thought. He doesn't seem to learn from this repeated criticism.

l bard  04/12/2008 11:19 AM Report

Excellent interview with George Soros. I was hanging on every word as I have gotten internal red flags about our system of capitalism my whole working life. It's premise is faulty, there is nothing fair or equal about it, promotes greed and has corrupted our country through the use of this heinous system. Capitalism is a pyramid scheme. Our country's global dominance is now over, never to return. George Soros understands the workings of capitalism and he spoke truth about it like no one I have ever heard before. Charlie, you didn't like what he was publicly speaking, self professed capitalist that you are, elitest that you are. I'd like an hour of all him and no you.

Concerned Canadian  04/12/2008 08:15 AM Report

If I have it right Mr Soros came from Hungary. From that part of Europe and others many very exceptional business people have come to the United States and Canada. In many cases they see something that those born here do not see. Both countries are all the better for their presence.

Concerned Canadian  04/12/2008 08:10 AM Report

There are a lot of comments about Charlie talking too much or more than his guests. I am not seeing this. What I am seeing is that he draws out his guests and in the end we can draw some conclusions on the what the guest said. I like the variety of guests. One thing I would have liked to hear on Soros is his direct answer to where he is putting his money these days. He did not answer that question other than to comment about macro and micro investing. I guess Mr Soros can keep his thoughts on this close to his vest - knowledge being power and money and this being his career. So why disclose it. Charlie passed on Mr Soros's very broad comment. Maybe there is a reason for this.

sam  04/12/2008 05:17 AM Report

What ever country this guy came from why doesn't he go back and meddle in their politics,this guy is dangerous to America, he was predicting doom last year and shortening the dollar to make hundreds of millions of dollars. Recessions are sociological especially when they start from the consumer, which this one has, who ever thought people would be predicting a depression at unemployment at 5.1 percent, In the late 70's unemployment was at 12%, inflation in the teens, the tech bubble of 2001 the markets lost over 2 trillion dollars of value, that was real peoples life saving, retirement money, and from the numbers I've read at most the market will rewrite off six hundred billion, you didn't see Soros predicting the end of the world then. He will do anything to get a democrat in the White House especially one that is beholden to the far-left as these candidates seem to be and been his socialized agenda and you can't start that type of agenda unless the people believe that the end of their economic security is a stake.

richard dimmock  04/11/2008 10:59 PM Report

was looking forward to soros interview,since o'reilly has made him the anti-christ

started to put me to sleep with that voice pattern.

if you have insomnia,have charlie book kissinger and soros to be on together.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-oops, i fell asleep just remembering the interview. o'reilly better

designate another devil( i think he's moving on to huffington(maybe a she-devil).

Chris Baker  04/11/2008 10:44 PM Report

This was an exceptionally informative interview and Charlie as usual did an excellent job directing the conversation toward topics he thought his audience would be most interested in. In the interview Soros especially blames regulators for allowing bubbles to form and at the same time for risk to be under-priced. That he said eventually leads to "market breakdowns" and a bail-out by the regulators, such as the bail-out by the Federal Reserve of Bear Stearns. He said he saw an asset bubble developing in commodities as well as in China.

somedude  04/11/2008 08:20 PM Report

I must be missing something in the arguement. He argues that the job of the fed is to prevent asset bubbles like the housing bubble yet says the authorities must arrest the decline in housing prices (at 8:00). If the housing bubble was bad they why should we prop it up?

This would make sure that homes remain unaffordable. How is this good for soceity? What is so dangerous about affordable housing?

Renterfornow  04/11/2008 08:17 PM Report

The problem is house prices are to high due to phiney loans and phoney house prices. The Gov't needs to keep their slimy hands off the housing market.

This is the only problem. Income have not kept up with house prices. House prices must fall to affordable levels.

D. Smith  04/11/2008 05:46 PM Report

I love the show, but I had to stop listening. Charlie talked 2X than the guest.

Cedric  04/11/2008 05:09 PM Report

Charlie, you have a terrific program but I must echo the sentiments other viewers have expressed. That is, please endeavor to listen more and talk less.

Viewers are interested in hearing what your guests have to say and when they're often interrupted they lose their train of thought or don't finish their point.

Please accept this in the constructive spirit that it is intended. Thank you.

Patrick  04/11/2008 04:41 PM Report

In re-stating Soros's point, Charlie framed it as the proposition that "capital markets" don't work. These sort of statements are misleading. The distinction between "free markets" and "non-free markets" - a left over ideological distinction from the global struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union - is too dated to be useful today. All but a very few transactions between people within in markets require institutional infrastructure to function at all - the rule of law, trust, reputation, information, etc. Without these preconditions, there would be no markets. Economists - even Milton Friedman before he passed away came to realize how important - helped by the work of Ronald Coase on transaction costs - institutions were to markets working at all. So the real debate today isn't about free markets and non-free markets, but about what the ideal institutions are in any given condition for the operation of a market. That's the key question.