Process owner that i call a white hot center of resistance to the Market Domination as an attempt to put all other players out of business and you sometimes mean on unpleasantries from Parent Companies to those deals that i think generally detrimental to the authors and independent book sellers but the culture at large amazon is a culture killer not a purveyor. I urge all of you to buy his book at the end of this talk he will sign books out there when he is finished because it is a great book. But partly because you should pay full price for books. [laughter] you should never pay a discount if you can possibly avoid it because it is really damaging for those to do the hard work trying to produce literature and in journalism in this country. Harpers magazine is independent and that book culture is very much engaged with that independent media and fought in the conglomerate consolidation of publishing is really beginning to closeup outlets like this one that came to us for a democratic d
Equities are faring right now. What is start. Three days of declines for the european benchmarks, shares rallying today. These currencies falling against the dollar, but yields are down commodities. It has been a data rich day today. Growth accelerating, were talking about pmsi for the first time pmsi for the first time in 3 months. 55. 1 veruss revised 54. 2. Companies reporting that export orders, which climbed to the second highest reading since record again in 1992, boosted by the Sterling Exchange rate as well as Stronger Economic growth in the eurozone, north america, and asiapacific region. The domestic market also contributing to order. It is a weaker level than earlier this year. Manufacturing accounts for 1 10 of the u. K. Economy. The economy chugging along,. 6 rate, a sign the economy is delivering at a robust rate. Weve got a host of figures showing its a robust recovery from Economic Confidence to joblessness to manufacturing, signaling this recovery, gaining steam underp
Security financing and policy options. Thank you for being here with us today. Wanted to start by just getting a show of hands and how many people in this room think they will get at least a penny from Social Security . All right, probably two thirds, three quarters. There is a gallup poll that came out a year or two ago that asked all working age americans that question and 51 of them said they did not think they would see a penny from Social Security. You can interpret that several different ways, but i think its pretty shocking to see how little faith people have when planning for their own retirement, how much they will get. Whether they actually believe that or it was more symbolizing their lack of faith or mistrust in the political system is up for question, but it was pretty shocking that it was that high a figure and i think that really brings us to the discussion we had today in looking at Social Securitys longterm sustainability and the financing structure and how we do make
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I want to start by just getting a show of hands and seeing how many of the people in this room think they will get at least a penny from Social Security. All right. Probably twothirds. Threequarters. So theres a gallup poll that crime out a year or two ago that asks all working age americaned that question, and 51 of them said they didnt think they would see pane you from Social Security. You can interpret that self different ways but i think its shocking to see how little faith people have when theyre planning for their own retirement. Whether they actually believe that or more ceremony bow lies symbolizing their lact of faith in the political situation is a different question. Today were looking at Social Securitys longterm sustainability and the financing structure and how we do make it sustainable for the long run so it will be there in some shape or form, probably with Police Officers for when you all are in need and ready to claim benefit us. So,ed just want to start briefly by l