[laughter] guest i think we have so little perspective on this moment that it is quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and, of course, also around the world have that this is an extraordinary uni shall time is something that we are in a time out of time will be a curiosity in the future. People will look back and wonder about that very sense i think it is kind of an interesting phenomenon. I think that will be studied. Host when you think about today, do you compare it to any other period in history . Guest no, you know, as a historian, im interested in analogies. I think we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find one thing to be like another, all the time, just in the same way, you know, im the kind of person that sees likenesses in family members. I look at a new baby and say oh that looks just like great grandma so and so. But at the same time, even as i say that, i recognize that a lot of that is my need for familiarity.
Festival of books. Here in downtown nashville. Today we are at the National Public library and i like to thank them for hosting this if it and monday other sessions. Theyve been a great partner to this if it for several years and we just want to say thank you. Southern festival of books is an annual if it produced each year by humanities tennessee, i would like to take those moment to thank humanities tennessee and all who contribute to the organization for their continued support of the written word and the writers, the young writers, Community History and civil discourse in all things humidity here in tennessee. And humanities in tennessee like to say, our story and our state and i like to think humanities for helping us tell and preserver stories. So a pit of housekeeping before we began, in a moment ill introduce our other and share some stories, and some insight from the book, no surrender. The conclusion of his presentation, we will open the floor up to questions and if you have
You join me here and this fine old library on the campus of the university, chicago. Were about to see the first of ten films by Milton Friedman, an economist of international repute, winner of the nobel prize, one of the most controversial and stimulating of our time in the weeks that lie ahead is friedmans first Major Television series unfolds. The famous and influential men and women who will occupy those seats are going to a lot to say about friedmans view. The society in which we live today and his solutions for the ills of our time for thats what the series is about. Milton friedmans view the way we live now and where were headed now. Like some people here, you may be appalled by his ideas or like others, extremely enthusiastic about them, whichever way it goes. I think youll be fascinated by what Milton Friedman has to say. Its a gorgeous morning around the new york metropolitan area. Skies are sunny now that a volcano over the eastern end of long island, a toxic out there. But
Quite often, most of our most famous decisions are ones that the court took that were unpopular. Lets go through a few cases that illustrate dramatically and visually what it means to live in a society of 310 million different people who stuck together because they believed in the rule of law. Cspan and the National Constitution Center Welcome you to the landmark cases. We explore the people and stories behind some of the Supreme Courts most famous decisions. Tonight you will be learning more about the dred scott decision. Let me introduce you about the two guests about the history. A professor and coeditor of a book of the dred scott case. Welcome to our program. Thank you for having me. Martha jones is from the university of michigan and the chair of the Africanamerican Studies Program at the law school. They can for having me. Blacks, whether free or slaves werent citizens of the United States. And they limited the spread of sliverry and saying congress didnt have the authority. So
In the old days when mark cains ruled the mornings around here, he would introduce me as reverend Jim Bob Cramer from the church of whats happening now it was fun back then seemed like everyone was running their own personal hedge fund. A stock could be here today and gone tomorrow and everyone was fine wit those days are over. If you recommend a stock for a tried today, even if you buy it today and sell it tomorrow sell sell sell sell there will always be a video kicking around that shows you liked the stock but never gave it the sell call so weve gone well beyond that tonight, we are taking it to the next level, where i am introducing you to the concept of suitability basically, what stocks fit you what investments are right for you. Not for this week, this month, but for your age and temperment. I heard of the concept when i was at training at Goldman Sachs. I had been buying individual stocks more myself and others before i got to goldman in 83 at the time i was walking Financial N