Experience serving under president s George W Bush and barack obama. This is 45 minutes. My name is steve, on behalf of the crown family, its my pleasure to welcome to you the econd annual distinguished lecture or u. S. Foreign policy. We hosted lecture former defense secretary jim audience front of an of 900 people, a situation that unthinkable today. The pandemic has transformed ociety and international relations, along with protests, there are fundamental questions americas Global Leadership, image, and power. These questions have elevated work of tance of the the Lester Crown Center on u. S. Policy and the Chicago Council on which i and my founded. This is a forum for a discussion f perspectives on the big global questions. It can be policy makers, military leaders and journalists and analysts on the council same time to discuss their insights and others. Lic the center produces original research to deepen our proposed ing of the solutions to critical global challenges including th
20. 5 in a data set thats never been more than 2 million in a single month, numbers we never expected to talk about no. The numbers are just completely and totally shocking not unexpected however given the carnage thats taken place in the economy over the last month as we locked everything down those lockdowns ending around the country. Things starting to at least normalize in some states the question will be of the 18 million workers who describe themselves as a temporary layoff of that 20 million, how many really will get their jobs back is a key given the markets reaction today, there seems to be an expectation that most of them will that will remain a question over the next many months as we hope that the economy does start to return to some semblance of normalcy mike, lots of internals to dig through here average Hourly Earnings show a chasm between lowerpaid employees in the country and those with higher wages who, judging from the data, lost their jobs at a slower pace. Yeah, no
President , Robert Kaplan. Why one person sees i think we can but it was one of commodity exposed risk currencies . Zach not necessarily. The main reasons why it was that is what we saw the first appropriate we take action this time around when the virus was week and why we are very opportunities. Treated by investors as a china lets check today on the carefully monitoring the shock. Situation. Monetary policy is not the lead something that was concentrated policy option in this situation. In china and therefore negative for commodity demand. We need Good Health Care now the virus shock has gone global. Street, down today, arresting western europe, north america, yesterdays gains. Policies, containment policies. Both dealing not only with the transportation index is it is possible fiscal policy spillovers from china but direct will play a role. Enough fair market. There may be forbearance effects from the coronavirus outbreak itself. Policies from a supervisory that makes the currency
Workrelated trip. However, the good news is that youre going to see a sneak preview of these new documentaries which will be aired on pbs later this year in which is based on ten years of research. A curator with more than 30 years experience, doctor gretchen has consulted for more than 250 institutions including the smithsonian, jewish and new York State Historical association. Shes the director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program of the State University of new york and the author of in the spirit of margin. Living legacy doctor Martin Luther king jr. Through the eyes of others, africanamerican and identity in american art. In her new book, driving while black, just out today, professor tells the story of the indispensable book which both reshaped the africanamerican traveling experience throughout our segregated land and help drive the Civil Rights Movement. Please welcome gretchen to the freak library. [applause] good evening. Its wonderful to be here in philadelphia. I apologize th
Good evening, welcome. My name is matt abbott. Im director of development and diplomatic programs here in the Chicago Council of global affairs. Welcome to our program, today is on the record and we are live streaming. Please silence your phones though we do welcome social media engagement. Music by individuals are their own and do not represent views of the council. Before this Evenings Program begins we will here flash talk. The doctor is president of the people analytics. His work focussed on demystifying peoples behaviors and conflicts such as iran. He hails from Syracuse Maxwell school and ph. D. Of maryland. Following flash talk, ill introduce our candidates. Unfortunately, the director is unable to join us tonight. Please join me in welcoming the doctor. Hello. Hello. I appreciate the chance to be here. Hello to chicago. Its my first time here. Thanks for the welcome. [ applause ] thank you. My name is amir farmanesh. Im presenting on global affairs. It will be iranian Public Op