The Wilson Center best supporter on the planet, and were giving him a name tag, but welcome michael and welcome everyone else. Im jane harman, president and ceo of the Wilson Center. It is the best job on the planet because i get to talk to geniuses every single day. One of them whos not in my script but im going to call her out, shes going to hide somewhere, is maggie king. Some of you may not know her but she runs our science, technology, and Innovation Program and is responsible for the schools we have on fridays to teach capitol hill staff about cyber and artificial intelligence. And todays genius, that would be ben buchanan, is our go to guy when we teach some of those schools and has been trying to teach me for a while. I think ive been the repeater of all time at some of those schools. Im kind of getting get but i have an analog brain and i think him for his patients. He is a global fellow and he will discuss his latest book right now called the hacker and the state. Le spoiler
Lettie for organizing this event. I want to thank my agent, gail for being here, you have probably already seen one of the 10,500,000 Mike Bloomberg ads, the tagline is mike gets it done, no, gail gets a ton. So, thank you for being here. What an admission also, another great book that you have to re, my friend, Melissa Rogers who is a visiting scholar here we Work Together for 20 years. Her book, religion in public life and faith with the American Public life which has a nice double meaning is a great book to read. And i cannot resist honoring my entire doctor Mark Sheppard who came here today. I honor him because he is an awesome dr. Because he is a great sports fan, kids play sports together but he was actually the dr. To about half of the people in my part of bookings and there is enormous morning in this building that you decided to retire but also so many other friends here come i want to thank you all for coming. But, this is one of the coolest events brookings has ever had. And
Cyber and Artificial Intelligence and two days genius, that would be ben buchanan as our go two guy. Ive been the repeater at one of the schools. Im getting it but i have an analog brain and i thank him for his patients. He is a global fellow and he will discuss his latest book right now called the hacker and the state. Spoiler alert, theyve changed the world. How . He says Cyber Operations are now indelibly part of International Relations and the gap between the United States and other countries has narrowed considerably. From north koreas efforts to hack for cash a Million Dollars worth against the bank of bangladesh to be maligned activity for disinformation to the electric blackouts in ukraine, theres plenty to talk about. Hes a marshall scholar and received his phd from Kings College and he knows everything. Even more important for as a former member of congress, that would be me who try to ensure the Technical Intelligence collection tools were not cumbersome were legal and regul
Said the fed was justified cutting rates. It means asow what we look across assets, the dividend yield minus the 30 year bond yield, the spread between the two is the widest. That the 10 year today. Itting 106 earlier thanks im looking at crude oil as saudi arabia tries to force russia into deeper output cuts. This standoff is pretty unprecedented since the time the alliance was created. Saudi arabia may be willing to walk away if it doesnt get a positive response from russia. Thanrude oil is down more 24 this year. Thank you. Reporterh this is our and guest. We looked at the sectors, nowhere doing good. Are there that you would like tomorrow and in the future that you have your eye on . Given how stretched to the downside bond yields are, and if the news flow gets worse in the nearterm coming yields can go lower. There is some opportunity in the cyclical areas. Im not sure we are quite there yet. It doesnt mean we have to ,actor in prolonged recession but even if you take the microcos
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