Walter Russell Mead

Walter Russell Mead, Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations and contributor to The New Republic, talks about why he thinks the recession only makes America's position in the world stronger.

Foreign policy expert Walter Russell Mead says that British and American emphasis on individualism has allowed those countries to gain unprecedented power and prestige over the last few centuries. His new book is God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern World.

God and Gold is available ...