She lectured at the London School of economics, which was about the same time as another notable, historic event, my foreignthe service. This was a tumultuous time in the u. K. With the economy in bad shape. Labour government was struggling from vote to vote in the house of commons. Of1979, the election Margaret Thatcher changed everything. I wonder what lessons janet took from being in the u. K. During that time. One for the q a, perhaps, or maybe even dinner party conversation. As chair of the Federal Reserve, she has been a beacon of stability and model of authority. We could not have a more esteemed or qualified speaker tonight. That is enough from me. I am going to pass it onto tom oakley as i finish. Thank you again for coming. Please enjoy this evening. Thank you. [applause] tom thank you again for coming. You have read little history of the National Economist club. Our claim to fame is ben stein, who was in the famous movie Ferris Buellers day off. This is how i index everyone
Some point of no return. Its a dangerous race between hope and catastrophic consequences were created. At 5 30 p. M. Eastern, and author discussion on political diversity in freespeech on College Campuses with professor sam abrams. Mark villa of columbia university, april of Elizabethtown College and former president of the aclu. I dont want to demonize and disparage these protesters so they are passionately committed to social justice and racial justice. I want to thank them for that but i would love to have the opportunity to persuade the cap freedom of speech, especially for those that we hate is their most essential ally. For more of the schedule, go to booktv. Org. Cspan, where history unfolds daily. In 1979, cspan was created as a Public Service by americas Cable Television companies this brought you today by your cable or satellite provider. Now, part of fridays washington journal with an author. He talked about opiate addiction and the government reaction. This is half an hour.
Sec. Tillerson well, our my view, and i think it is the collective view within the u. S. Government as well, is, as china has risen over the last 20plus years now to take its rightful place as an economic power in the world, moving hundreds of millions of their people out of poverty into middleclass status, india, too, has been rising. And i commented on this again in the remarks. And as we watch how these two very large nations are taking their rightful place in the global economy, theyve gone about it in different ways. And i touched on that. And i think thats why the u. S. Now sees this as an important point in thinking about the next century of our relationships. Were going to have important relationships with china. Well never have the same relationship with china, a nondemocratic society, that we can have with a major democracy. So i think what has evolved, and i would have to let the Indian Government speak for themselves, but i think as india has gone through process of rise, i
Monetary policy at the National Economists club dinner in washington, d. C. She provided an assessment of the economy labor market and discuss tools used by the Federal Reserve in response to the 2008 financial crisis. This is 40 minutes. Good evening ladies and john. I president of the National Congress club. Its my pleasure to introduce the speaker. I like to spend a few moments offering expressions of gratitude. First on behalf of the Congress Club i would offer my sincere thanks to the British Embassy for hosting us in this beautiful venue. Its an honor to be this evening and we very much appreciate your hospitality. I want to recognize the cornerstone and the group which help make this event possible. Not least of which by sponsoring a student table, how good it is joining us we have students from universities from across washington, d. C. Now delighted to reduce the speaker who will deliver this years lecture. She needs no introduction. Nonetheless, i feel providing one is obliga
Daybreak europe. I am anna edwards. Manus i am manus cranny. This is where does dollaryen go. A romance between donald trump and shinzo abe, the market likes what it has seen on the golf course and front steps of the white house, so where does dollaryen go . 115 . Net short positions have been reduced, Asset Managers have reduced positions, so might be running into a resistance level. Does that dictate where dollaryan gomes . We will talk about that it. They could guide risk sentiment, cpi numbers or capitol hill. The risk rate, dollaryen , in terms of risk sentiment, watching out for what janet yellen has to say. Stanley fischer talking about concerns. The asx 200 up. 7 . Rio tinto hitting a threeyear high. Manus is it a dollaryen story or dollars story . We have not seen a winning streak on the dollar like this since early november, all see markets moving, but look at that iron ore, the highest in two years. You have a surge in china to the highest level and 13 months, 12. 5 last wee