Super rich no other european country has as many billionaires and while their fortunes are growing more and more germans are living under the poverty line set by the organization for Economic Cooperation and development the o. E. C. D. The press frequently reports on the countrys high income inequality and low social mobility but little is known about the super rich the truth sure money attracts success and success attracts money that i do believe that ive experienced myself how you can suddenly connect with people previously out of reach for the how to. Germanys super wealthy how do they live and how do they see the country they live in. As the way wealthy people in germany are talked about bothers me because it since ational is likely sycophantic and and in no way reflects what wealthy people have done and continue to do. For this country produce low blows. But the only creates this impression of rich people being like Scrooge Mcduck that they have these money bins in which they wall
Around the clock across the world this is our international from the team myself you know neal hello and welcome. A newly released report conservative watchdog alleges there is a covert multimillion dollar strategy to promote liberal values in the u. S. The document scheme to push certain topics from supporting obamacare to slamming Donald Trumps border wall. Down of takes a closer look at just how it operates. Whats more powerful in politics than money a strong candidate with a good program and idealist would see nothing a realist would say but a politician would say dark money dark money is the millions of dollars that behind the scenes donors are spending to send the political train down the track and according to the left leaning media its a bad bad thing because the conservatives do it because brothers have made billions and want to ensure their government doesnt limit their ability to make more conservative donor david koch as one half of the Koch Brothers came to symbolize the i
Would need to have in place to get there. We try to help policymakers get ahead of the curve. Host who funds itif . Guest we have whole set of funders from corporate donors, foundations and individuals support a think tank. We work on a lot of different issues so we get support from those that are interested, everything from ip issues to biotech. Host for our purposes on the communicators is it fair to say large Silicon Valley companies are part of your funding operation, google, apple, facebook of the world . Guest absolutely. These companies were early supporters because theyre interested in this idea of how do we proceed quickly with innovation. Host you also run, you are the director of itif center for data innovation, which is what . Guest we have Research Center focused on issues around data. For a long time policymakers realize they had a few different levers and government. They could tax things. They could spend money. They could regulate things. Part was to say you could say
The white house says there is no chance of meeting halfway. Victim of the trade war, with lackluster sales. They are putting upgrades on hold. Lets get you started with a check of the markets, the dow falling on the s p 500 sinking almost 3 , every sector on the s p 500 in the red. Of course, the yield curve invert in briefly for the First Time Since 2007, recession fears again, giving some anxiety to investors. Wti continues to be under pressure after the u. S. Session losing almost all of the gains from yesterday that we had after we u. S. Tariffs delay, and had the yen, treasuries surging in the u. S. Session. Take a look at yields, because the 10year yield fell towards that 1. 5 level. We also had the yield curve inverting for the First Time Since 2007. That was a brief inversion in the morning session. Not here, but the 30year treasury yield also breaking a record low of 2. 09 . Futures are down 2 10 of 1 , so lets see how markets are shaping up in this very riskoff session. Braci