Welcome everybody. I am Walter Isaacson and its my pleasure to welcome you to the f. Aspen institute. We were just discussing the period in the late 1940s evan thomas and by many years ago wrote a book called the wise men which was the time of a bipartisan foreignpolicy and we were facing challenges that were similar to the Global Challenges we are facing today. During that period Robert Lovett who is the undersecretary of state every evening he is to drive by the wardman park across rock creek for marie lived and stopped by and talk to the republican chair of the Senate Foreign relations committee. And together with a Bipartisan Group of people, with the senate and Truman Administration working in concert they were able to have the most creative flourish to Global Challenge that i think you can find in history that created nato the creation of nato, the world bank and the institutions of radio free europe, the Bretton Woods economic agreements the Marshall Plan as we build europe. We
Economic policy. Why the worlds biggest emerging economies are going their way together is what it means for the rest of us, and americas highway trust fun is this close to running on empty. What happens when the roads you ride on get fixed because congress cant cut a deal. Why you, the american consumer, are keeping your wallet in your pocket instead of stimulating the economy. Im ali velshi and this is real money. This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show, so tell me whats on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi or hit me up on facebook. Com. The bricks are trying to throw their weight around and challenge the dominance of the world bank and the International Monetary fund. Im talking about the biggest emerging markets in the world, brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. And their leaders are holding a summit in brazil this week. And today unveiled plans for a new bank to finance Infrastructure Projects in the developing world and a reserve fund fo
Why the worlds biggest emerging economies are going their way together is what it means for the rest of us, and americas highway trust fun is this close to running on empty. What happens when the roads you ride on get fixed because congress cant cut a deal. Why you, the american consumer, are keeping your wallet in your pocket instead of stimulating the economy. Im ali velshi and this is real money. This is real money, and you are the most important part of the show, so tell me whats on your mind by tweeting me at ali velshi or hit me up on facebook. Com. The bricks are trying to throw their weight around and challenge the dominance of the world bank and the International Monetary fund. Im talking about the biggest emerging markets in the world, brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. And their leaders are holding a summit in brazil this week. And today unveiled plans for a new bank to finance Infrastructure Projects in the developing world and a reserve fund for financial emerg
Klaus kleinfeld talked to us. Were going to look to that bill not because alcoa necessarily should be a barometer, but because it so often is. Down 6 . The worst performer in the s p 500. Were not exactly off to a great start in the earnings season that didnt have very High Expectations anyway. Dealmaking activity for the year. Talk about the fastest pace weve seen pretty much in history. 100 billion announced in just the last 24 hours coming into todays session. So weve certainly got our eyes on that one, too. We do. Coming up here Constellation Brands is one of the winners, and thats after the wine beer and Liquor Company reported better than expected earnings and announced, get this its first dividend since going public 42 years ago. So whats driving constellations growth right now, and more importantly, what took so long to pay that dividend, rob sands . That will be one of our first questions for the ceo coming up in a little bit here. And jamie dimon defending the banks size and
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