Each year the 1st monday in september is labor day in the usa it is in canada too they just spell it differently its a celebration of the Labor Movement and its the unofficial end of summer and for many laborers automation and technology could spell the end of the line which jobs are robots taking over and which jobs will be safe lets ask our t. Boom bust host christy i and kristie ive read that in 1950 elevator operator was among 270 careers listed in the u. S. Census back to the future a recent Postal Service controversy involves. Taking sorting machines offline and these behemoths could move the mail much faster than human beings could and automation is replacing or accompanying workers in detroit and all sorts of Assembly Lines elsewhere kristie what sorts of Assembly Work is unlikely or impossible to be automated. Well as you know a lot of some of the work and manufacturing work is being heavily heavily automated nowadays but as a long must found out the hard way not everything ca
Good to be back with you. You did mention very important piece, which is davids piece and hes a friend of the show. Talking last night i was reading it and thinking can we really go higher he has a piece that says we will blast higher that will be something that i think a lot of people would be suspect, little critical of because were going right into the election he doesnt seem to mind that davids work is high quality and i just really think that he is just saying, it is time. And wouldnt that be something if we have a big, big move here. Its fascinating. He does say, jim, as you point out, the election does remain a risk but 3,600 year end and 3,800 in 12 months is a 6 gain and earnings estimate, jim, for next year 170. I mean, i remember when they thought 150 might be a risk. I just have to tell you, i wish everyone could get goldmans research i was fortunate enough to get that piece because it is a very logical piece because how there are many parts of the economy that are good. Th
Artifacts featured in their joint publication. In this, they discuss objects relateded to the july 1863 draft riots in new york city. This conversation took place online due to the coronavirus pandemic. The New York Historical society provided the video. Good evening, everyone. Im delighted to again have the opportunity to talk with my good friend and professional colleague, Harold Holzer. Before we get started, i want to remind you, you can ask questions anytime during the program by using the q a button at the bottom of in my case, top of your screens. Well get to your questions after our conversation. And now lets turn our attention to some objects that help us describe the civil war. In the history museum, objects do a lot of heavy lifting and standing in for larger historical narratives beyond the characteristics that define the object itself. So, lets just talk for a moment about the book, civil war and 50 objects, which inspired this program. Harold, tell us about it and how did
Technology. This conversation took place on line due to the coronavirus pandemic and the New York Historical society provided the video. Harold, weve been talking in this series about the power of objects to be touchstones of historical events, to be con duties for understanding the past. Its a thrill and an extraordinary experience to be a historian at New York Historical where i work alongside these treasures and use them in my exhibitions. Lets talk for a second about the inspiration for this program, the book civil war in 50 objects. How can 50 objects tell such a sweeping story . We used to ask ourselves that question often when we were whittling down the list and there was so much to choose from. The way we did it, as i recall, is first we discussed the medium of the object, we wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war. First the year leading up to it and then 1861, 2, 3, 4, 5. By the time we shifted through the
We used to ask ourselves that question. First we discussed the medium of the object. We wanted photographs, paintings, documents, relics, and then we wanted to represent every year of the civil war, 1851 to 1865. By the time we sifted through the criteria, we thought we had 50 objects out there that met those requirements. It was truly an embarrassment and it was hard to whittle them down, for sure. [laughter] that is definitely true. Tonight we will be discussing two objects that are considered technology during the civil war. You can see the images of those. We have one from 1861 and a half model of the monitor of 1862. Lets consider the two part object. This is in the papers of Alexander Robert chisholm, bert born in 1834, died 1910. He was a stockbroker, a merchant, a railroad investor, and he died during the gilded age in new york city where he had grown up. Theis youth, he served on confederate side of the civil war. Can you tell us about his background . Carolina born in south ,