Question about that but if you want to know whats happening right now i think theres a gross distortion that has sort of been a typical of the reporting on this and that is that theres this frenzy of focusing on a number of cases when we see a lot of reasons to be sort of you know cautiously optimistic here rather than fearful and those reasons are very important for people understand 1st of all the cases number the case number is not the most important matter whats important to understand is that the vast majority of people that are getting these cases are lower risk healthier people were doing a better job of protecting the elderly and its you know the high risk people the diseases that really really only to the elderly and high risk people and what i mean by that is not that 0 people die but the risks to younger people is extremely low for any serious illness this is the data you know i mean 99. 997 percent of people do fine at r. s 018 for instance and so we we have we have a lot o
Next hour ill speak to the ceo of Johnson Johnson, on the companys earnings and news of the halt in vaccine trials after one participant became sick, helping to drag futures this morning. Take a look at markets, the dow industrials are down 133 points, the nasdaq is holding onto gains, up 97 points right now fo. The s p 500 is down 6 and a quarter points. Yesterday, Big Technology led a big rally and at the close the dow was up 250 points, the nasdaq up 296, almost two and two thirds percent on the nasdaq, the s p 500 yesterday up 57 points at 4 00 on wall street. Amazons prime day kicking off today, how the shopping giant can expect some stiff competition from other retailers this time around. High expectations, apple is unveiling its 5g ready iphone 12 today, everything you need to know before the big event, mornings with maria is live right now. European markets are flat this morning. Take a look, fq100 down 23, cac down 19, dax index in germany lower by 53 points. Retail sales in t
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Sometimes inflammatory, he has won the support of mainstream republican policymakers and voters alike, so what are we to make of this presidency . Have President Trumps policies been successful . If so, to what degree does populism deserve the credit . What should politicians learn of this recent rise of populism on the left and right . We will be discussing the issue with our guests, a professor of economics at university of chicago who served as chief economist for the council of economic advisors in the Trump Administration from september 2018 to august 2019. His most recent book released just last month is youre hired untold successes and failures of a populist president. And the director of Economic Policy studies here at aei, the author of the American Dream is not dead but populism could kill it, released in february of this year. To start off, casey will speak for about 10 minutes, and then mike will offer a 10minute response. After that, we will have a Panel Discussion for a w
Next hour right now though it is the kaiser report stay with us. Hi there im max kaiser this is the kaiser report you know the stock market as a subset of the economy has undergone a transformation and become the plaything for speculators fueled by incredibly egregious money printing by a rogue central bank and this is causing all manner of dislocations mal investments in societal changes for more lets turn to Stacy Herbert hey well you know what something that you predicted would happen is happening and its coming true billionaires lining up to take their companies private so what will robin her dish trade when everything has been l b. Right so as weve been saying on the show for a number of years all this money printing in the strategy of Companies Taking themselves private or buying back their own shares with the 0 percent Interest Rate would end up with a economy and a stock market that doesnt exist anymore because its all been taken private remember during the 1980 s. Michael milk