Research finds very different experiences of black and white americans when it comes to the economy and the shutdown and the coronavirus. And these different attitudes come from very, very different experiences. Looking at views on the current state of the economy, you can see that 28 nationally see the economy as excellent or good right now. Thats the same number as you have for white americans black americans 5 view the economy right now as excellent or good. Thats reflected in some of the Economic Data weve seen that shows that africanamericans have been hit harder by the shutdown similar attitudes by differences about the outlook. 38 of americans nationwide are confident or somewhat confident in the future. Black americans, 16 are confident or somewhat confident in the future. Perhaps reflecting the differing economic experiences right now a lot of this comes from different experiences with the coronavirus itself 92 of africanamericans are concerned or very concerned about the coro
Stories and uncover them in opinion form which is a rather large mandate. [laughter] in order to narrow the funnel i started looking through corporate figures and i saw from an amazing number of in terms of how the transition from the Financial Sector to the Technology Sector since the great financial crisis and one of the numbers that stuck out was a Mckinsey Global institute figure looking at how 80 of corporate wealth was being held in just 10 of firms and those are the firms that were richest in personal data and intellectual property so basically if you are trafficking in these things you are holding the majority of the worlds corporate wealth and the biggest of those firms were the ones that i profile in the book, facebook, apple, amazon, netflix a little bit and google. They make money, all of them, pretty differently but there is some overlap with facebook and google and Digital Advertising but look at apple and they mostly shunned advertising and look to sell their devices and
Force them to raise prices and cut jobs. If you earn minimum wage, whether you are in the 21 states that are raising the minimum wage or not, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. If you are a business owner, we want to know what you think about the minimum wage going up. Your number, 202 7488001. If you do not fit into either one of those categories but still have something to say, we still want to hear from you at 202 7488002. Keep in mind, you can always text us your opinion at 202 7488003, and we are always reading on social media. On twitter at cspanwj, and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. Lets start this conversation bit oftting a basic information about what is going on. A Record Numbers of states, cities, and counties are boosting their minimum wage in 2020. On or around january 1, the minimum weight will increase in 21 states, while another 26 cities and counties are also boosting their baseline pay at your start. Year, an additional four states and 23 cities and counties w
Broken america about how both sides need to stop ranting and start listening, because im very concerned about our current political environment. My husband jimmy and i have two children, they are 20 and 18, and i am concerned about the environment they are growing up in. It is important to disagree agreeably. We need to be able to talk about issues that are important to our country in a way that makes progress and not screaming at , each other. Jesse you are the daughter of former House Speaker newt gingrich. What was that childhood like . And tell me about what you want people to take away from this book. Jackie i am newts youngest daughter. I have a sister, kathy, who is three and a half years older. People often ask me what it was newts daughter. The truth is it is all i have ever known. He began in politics when i was very young. We lived in a rural town in georgia. I grew up in carrollton, georgia, where he he was a college professor. And the first two times that he ran for congre
Exclusive interview with jay clayton. Power lunch starts right now weve got the market flat on this day but its been a whip saw getting there. This chart shows the swings weve had on one trade headline after another early this morning. Right now the major indices remain mixed were seeing green here and there but mostly flat. Shares of netflix, the stock down 2 after needham says its sale as the streaming wars heat up well have more on that move just a little bit later. Tyler. Markets not getting a boost from the seemingly positive trade headlines today. A deal on the usmca and more time for a deal with china we have the latest House Democrats announcing they reached a deal op a new nafta. Regular compliance and removing certain protections for brand name drugs against generics. The deal will have out sized impact on the auto and pharmaceutical industries. If you look at jobs and nashlg Safe National safety, its time to vote for the bill. The u. S. Able to show progress on this bodes we