Good afternoon. Im martha maccallum. So President Biden vowed to be the most pro Union President in history. He certainly tried to exemplify that today in the Battleground State of michigan where well see former President Trump later today. Hes now the first sitting president to join a strike picket line. Youve earned more than what youre getting paid now. That, the enemy, isnt some foreign country miles away. Its right here in our own area. Its corporate greed. Corporate greed. The president talking about in michigan just a short time ago. We have reached out to all three of the big automakers, the ceos of all of those three big Car Companies. General motors did put out a statement. They declined. Theyre not going to speak publicly at this time about the president s decision to join the picket line this afternoon. G. M. s statement said this its focus is not on politics but bargaining in good face. The president made the short hourlong flight from the white house to michigan today in
Bezos and tim cook attending. Caroline a global ai coalition on his visit to the middle east and the next stop may be we will see him over on capitol hill. We will discuss that and more. We will start on these markets up. 25 . The nasdaq managing to pull itself up. This is once again really tackling inflationary pressures whether it is the ppi number or the cpi print showing inflation pressures dialing up. We see managing the nasdaq to outperform as markets pullback. I am looking at the two year yield where we are outperforming on the front end of the curve all the back end is pushing higher. The big move was yesterday and what is happening in the euro but what is happening in the Federal Reserve and global world banks and Central Banks and what the ecb said. Staying put in terms of Interest Rates but signaling that inflation pressures are dialing down and we could see cuts coming off by. 3 . We have a look at what else is performing. Crypto down. 2 and we just saw that 70,000 level. E
Good evening. Welcome. Happy new year. Im matthew spalding. Welcome to the allen b. Kirby campus. Our event is cosponsor idbid real clear politics. And i recognize david, in the back, there he is. The pressurer and John Mcintyre who is with us here as well. Our discussion deals with a collection of essays med on the 35th anniversary of the new cite tieran ming. The title of the book is vox poply, the perils of populism. It means the voice of the people. The old adage, the voice of the people is the voice of god, which was often times used in history to attack monarchs and attack people who said such nonsense. The idea of populism is also not new to america. One thinks of will William Jennings bryan, roosevelts, Andrew Jackson, Ronald Reagan more recently. Not surprising in a regime of popular consent based on human equality. Theres always been a tension between popular government and constitutional government. That sense of the potential of populist demagogues. Hence, promises and peri
College here in washington d. C. Welcome to the center for constitutional studies in constitutional ship. We are cosponsored by clear politics. Com and i recognize david hiding in the back. He is the publisher and jen mcintyre of the co founder who will be here as well. Our discussion deals with a collection of essays in which the essays were originally published. The perils and promises of populism. It is not a new idea in latin means the voice of the people. The voice of the people is the voice of god which is often time used in history to attack monarchs and attacked the people who said such nonsense. The idea of populism is not new to america. Thats pricing in a regime of popular consent but theres always been somewhat of attention between popular government and constitutional government, the potential of populist demagogues. Hence promise and peril. Populism abounds from agent rome to brexit england and donald trump are elected as president on a populist revolt. Our speakers will
Justice department. The ride hail are make the r may have violated laws on bribery. Betty it is like deja vu, only we do not have a missile tests, but more headlines from north intermediate there range missile was a prelude to more action in the pacific. In particular, in containing guam. Stern words, saying they are watching the u. S. And their demeanor. I want to bring up this chart that shows how things seem to be changing quickly in north korea. Look at the number of missile tests that have been fired within the last 12 months. In this report since President Trump was elected, we are at near what seems like record highs. At least when you go all the way back to the early 2000s. Look at how quiet it was during period. Geopolitical tensions at top of mind for investors. Yvonne you see north korea continuing to flex their muscle when it comes to rhetoric as well as the Missile Launch, which some say is quite a provocative move, launching it over japan. The u. S. Security council happe