Archives. Visit booktv. Org for a complete schedule. And we now kick off with Professor William darity and Kirsten Mullin with their thoughts on reparations for africanamericans. Good afternoon, im director of the hutchens center on fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. We gather here this afternoon virtually because of the covid plague to talk about reparations for africanamericans for the descendants of slaves. We planned this event before covid19 and, of course, william darity and Kirstin Mullen wrote the book long before covid19. Its worth noting that the coronavirus seems to be afflicting blacks much more than whites. Theres a piece in the journal of the American Medical Association which points out that more than half the covid19 cases in chicago and nearly 70 of the deaths involve black individuals although blacks make up only 30 of the population. Theres a story on the front page of the Washington Post today about contrasting the intensive care unit in afflue
There is a piece in the journal of the American General Association Appoints out the more than half of the covid19 cases in chicago, nearly 70 percent of the death, involve black individuals. Although blacks make up only 30 percent of the population. Theres a story in the front page of the Washington Post today about contrasting the intensive care unit in Northern Virginia which is largely empty with the overwhelmed the hospital and largely black county on the other side of washington dc. So although recreations is or has a long history. It is not directly related to covid19, it is same to me that covid19 puts the next hard on some of the issues in this book. Host a fun today is to put this into historical context. And also reference to jews in the state of israel, theyve done done by the. The u. S. Recreations to japaneseamericans who in turn during world war ii. For that we will start with a philosopher has been the director in berlin, she is the author of learning from the germans.
Theres no better place than to be in the u. S. To step back and ask what do we have achieved in the last. Years when i look back i see that in the last years europeans have begun to understand that they can in a european way that we must pave our own way to stay relevant in the 21st century for me is in the way europeans are changing the way they look at themselves and starting to see you are as capable of being strong and being sovereign. We europeans often do not see ourselves as being powerful when you look at europe you probably see facts you see 450 million citizens you see 27 countries united around a common political project. You see a quarter of the gdp. You see the bigger straining blood and probably we hope you see diplomatic power. When we europeans we look at ourselves we often do not see this power. We see we sold out divisions disagreements. Consensus on important decisions. And this is changing. It is changing because of my front president is putting a lot of energy the
That is the coronavirus outbreak and relations with turkey and russia at the Atlantic Council in washington, d. C. From earlier this month, this is about 90 minutes. The director of the future initiative here at the Atlantic Council. And its really my pleasure to host today the minister of state for European Affairs of the french republic for a conversation about france, europe, and the transatlantic relation. As you know, here at the Atlantic Council, we value european allies, we value u. S. Engagement, and the future of the initiative is to precisely make the case that the European Union is a key and critical Strategic Partner of the United States. Part of our role is to discipline the developments within the European Union and to engage policy makers and create a bridge and dialogue between policy makers of the United States and europe, especially in times of great power coalition. President macron in france has laid out ambitious agenda for engagement of partners like russia, refor
And a thousand times a day without thinking about it. At least thats how it feels right now. The inevitability of this outbreak is starting to sink in. What does the fed do it gives us a rate cut a 50 basis point rate cut. Reaction hey, condition rate cut. And it was a resounding texas hud. Ultimately the dow fell 786 points and 2. 189 so why did we get that illnesses, cancellations and this epidemic and im beginning to feel just in what has just been cancelled the emails that i get and the notes from Different Companies that is a shutdown it doesnt change that its not a cure. Its not a hazmat suit or respirator it does absolutely nothing to impact the spread of the virus it somehow boosts Business Confidence i did care about the rate cut. I cared about how wrong it was its totally a sign of the panic from the fed. And a rate cut i say this as someone thats been addiment that easy money is a good thing im probably the biggest single proponent of lower Interest Rates on the entire spect