History probably considered the top three greatest american president s along with washington and lincoln. It is an assessment based on the fact he steered the nation through the two greatest crises. One internally, the Great Depression and one externally, world war ii. There has been a long and ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that Franklin D Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. Broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Rooseveltse presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 nine had brought the worst conditions the country
There is quite a lot going on in the markets mainly because of the threshold that markets crossed yesterday. Lets have a look at what that means for european stocks and even the global stocks rally pausing. We did have the best monthly gain in three decades. Investors awaiting a lot of Economic Indicators that could support the. Rally in risk assets. We have Consumer Confidence and of course personal income. We did have a gauge of asia pacific shares gaining. Above 45 alding barrel, and i also wanted to show you bitcoin and a second, because they were also, you know, within a sliver of a record high for bitcoin. At 19,130. It now lets get to the bloomberg first word news in london with leighann gerrans. Hi, leighann. Leighann good morning, francine. France will gradually start using its lockdown from sunday. Museums will follow suit from december 15, but restaurants will remain closed. President Emmanuel Macron says vaccinations could start at the end of december or in early january. M
Ongoing debate among historians as to whether history is influenced more by individuals or larger social, cultural and economic forces. I think it is of course both of those. Certainly it seems to me that franklin d. Roosevelt is a prime example of the significant of an individuals impact on history. It was broader social and Economic Conditions that allowed fdr to become a great leader, but in his case i believe it was force of personality that was a paramount element as i think we will see as we go along. Lets examine roosevelts presidency beginning with a brief look at the conditions in the country that led to his election in 1932. The economic collapse of 1920 9 had brought the worst conditions the country had experienced since the civil war. Herbert hoover seemed incapable of leading the way out of it despite some moderate attempts to do so. The suffering was widespread with approximately one quarter of the workforce unemployed and others having to take substantial pay cuts. The c
Is littered now your hands i dont care how hard donald trump drives there is not that it is going to do to stop this nation from voting no matter what it drives. The biden heritage plan would outlaw American Energy you would at least economic misery for iowa wisconsin pennsylvania michigan and every other state in america your energy costs would go up at a level that youve never seen he wants to raise your taxes police in tanzania have arrested the leader of the Main Opposition Party freeman but its arrest comes ahead of a planned protest against the results of wednesdays election and so the president joe microphone need to quit without for a 2nd time the 14 year old kid has been found alive under the rubble in the turkish city of its been more than 2 days off it was hit by a powerful earthquake more than 70 people are now confirmed to have died in the. At least 16 people have been killed in the philippines is typhoon going to have barreled through the country and destroyed hundreds of
In the hospitals here in kabul including the professors from the Public University its still an ongoing situation both sides are selling gauge the Security Forces commander told me that we want to be very careful in this operation because we want to get white further casualties in this attack total truck joe biden have just one day of campaigning left before the president ial election both candidates have spent the last week fighting it out in battleground states some 19000000 voters have already come. Clean up operations have begun in the philippines after super typhoon go any hits the country at least 16 people died in the storm 3 others are missing theres extensive damage to homes and one province has reported run 90 percent of its infrastructure has been damaged going to he was one of this years strongest typhoons. Demonstrations are continuing on the streets in bangladeshs capital of dhaka tens of thousands of bangladeshis have been voicing their anger against french president ema