Host congratulations. Your book is a major comp which meant. It is a significant scholarly work. I think it is fair to say you moved the seal. Guest thats a tremendous thing to hear coming from you david. Thank you so much. Host how does it feel . Guest like a big relief. Its been 10 years in the works to make this book and so its a relief than just a pleasure to be able to talk about it with you and other interesting people. Host three Major Writers spent their careers studying writing about tobacco and cigarettes Richard Kluger who won a Pulitzer Prize for ashes to ashes. Guest amazing. It was really a pageturner. Host allen grant the great medical scientific historian on the cigarette industry and the deception of the industry and in trepidation. When you started here had giant oaks out there and you took a risk. Guest yes but you know i really feel those three books ashes to ashes cigarette century and robber proctors whole corpus of work the biggest of which is called golden holoc
Welcome, to the enterprise institute. I am the director. Aei is my great pleasure tonight to welcome you to discussion of important new book by my good friend and colleague michael strain. Michael is the director of economic studies here and is a widely published scholar in economics and Public Finance and many other areas. In his new book is an exceptional clear and broad overview of the space of American Economic life. Actual conditions we face, the trends over recent decades and have us relate to some of the most dark stories that we hear in our politics about the conditions the americans are experiencing. Also where prospects are pretty he finds i think it is fair to say that things are much better than the mood of our politics and the critics of the market economy sometimes suggest prayed that we do face risks and that maybe that mood and this critics are among the most important of those risks. His controversial thesis and a conservative, i am resistant to be sheared up until eve
A religious events and spread the virus to several countries. The World Health Organization says is concerned some countries still arent doing enough testing to prevent the spread of corona virus more than 8000 people globally are now confirmed to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases this past 200000 italy has reported 475 new deaths the highest death toll for a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected in china late last year malaysia is racing to track down potential potential coronavirus carriers after its confirmed cases jumped to 790. 00 nearly 2 thirds of those linked to a religious gathering late last month that spread the virus to at least 6 other countries and despite many governments announcing massive stimulus packages asian european and u. S. Markets have plummeted again as well as oil prices u. S. Markets were suspended for 15 minutes for the 4th time in a month well lets get more from christine salumi in new york where the markets
Employed you dont to bailing out both businesses and their permanent staff. And breaks it is say the u. K. Should push ahead with trade talks and cut ties with the e. U. In december despite the ongoing virus crisis. That afternoon tea host and former 1st minister of scotland alex salmond has been acquitted of all 14 sexual offense charges. Joins me now with the latest hi there recess so take us through the verdict. So the scottish the former scottish 1st minister alex salmond was cleared off to to be childish at the high court in edinburgh he was originally charged with 40 sexual offenses against 9 women young and midway through the trial the prosecution of one of those charges and he was found not guilty of 12 others and in a peculiar quirk unique just to the scottish legal system on the fortys charge it was found that it was truthful that he had committed that particular crime so all 14 charges mr sam and acquitted him found innocent in the eyes of the law d in scotland now the jury
Suspended at one point on wall street as stocks plummeted again despite the announcement of massive stimulus plan. The World Health Organization says its concerned some countries still arent doing enough testing to prevent the spread of corona virus more than 8000 people globally and now confirmed to have died after catching the virus the number of reported cases this past 200000 italy has reported 475 new deaths the highest death toll for a single day of any nation since the 1st case was detected in china late last year malaysia is racing to track down potential corona virus carriers after its confirmed cases jumped to 790. 00 nearly 2 thirds of those a link to a religious gathering late last month that spread the virus to at least 6 other countries and despite many governments announcing massive stimulus packages asian european and u. S. Markets have plummeted again as well as oil prices u. S. Markets were suspended for 15 minutes for the 4th time in a month the team barbara has more