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Fareed Zakaria GPS

July 4, 2021 |On GPS: A Fourth of July Special; Fareed looks at the state of America on its 245th birthday, from politics, democracy, and economics, to race relations and culture.

Fareed Zakaria GPS

CNN

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4.23.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

As the United States celebrates the fourth of July, Fareed brings on an array of experts to examine the state of the country right now. To discuss how history will view this moment in American political life Fareed hosts a panel discussion with two Pulitzer-prize winning historians, Doris Kearns Goodwin and Jon Meacham. Then, after a turbulent year for race relations in America, Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer-prize winning historian and Harvard professor, tells Fareed about the successes and shortcomings of the movement for racial justice in America. Plus, what’s next for the American economy after a period of intense changes? Ruchir Sharma, chief global strategist at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, explains why, economically, America is the come-back nation of the past decade. And lastly, from social media to streaming services, Pulitzer-prize winning historian and Harvard professor, Louis Menand, looks at the boom of cultural products that are being made and consumed in America today.  GUESTS: Doris Kearns Goodwin, Jon Meacham, Annette Gordon-Reed, Ruchir Sharma, Louis Menand To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.

0:07.0

I'm Farid Zakaria and this is a special edition.

0:10.0

State of America.

0:12.0

Today on the show, a report card on America.

0:17.0

As the country celebrates its 245th birthday,

0:21.0

we take stock of how the nation is fearing.

0:24.0

We'll start with the state of democracy.

0:27.0

President Biden pledges to do big things.

0:30.0

This is a generational investment.

0:32.0

The modern eyes are infrastructure.

0:35.0

Congress remains deeply divided and states pass laws to restrict voting.

0:42.0

What does it all add up to?

0:44.0

The leader comes in and can mobilize the sentiment of the people, then change happens.

0:48.0

And I still believe that we're at that moment now.

0:50.0

It's up to us to write the end of the story.

0:53.0

Then...

0:54.0

Go what we made!

0:55.0

Race relations.

0:57.0

I can't be!

0:58.0

Just 13 months after the killing of George Floyd.

1:01.0

Hey, there!

1:02.0

No shit!

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