The lives and careers of several family members including Grover Cleveland Vice President Adlai Stevenson and twotime democratic democratic illinois governor Adlai Stevenson second. This originally aired in 1996 and its about an hour. Cspan jean h. Baker, author of the stevensons a biography of an american family, whats the scope of this book . Guest well, its pretty broad and its a long book but it covers a lot of stevenson generations. And it also focuses on the most important, in some ways, of all the stevensons. And thats Adlai Ewing Stevenson ii, who lived from 1900 to 1965 and, of course, was the losing democratic president ial candidate in 1952 and 1956. It took me a long time to do and i really was trying hard to look at layers of stevensons and different views of family life, etc. , and not only do just a political biography of some of the best known stevensons. Cspan did you ever meet any of them . Guest yes, i did. The most prominent stevensons that i met were Adlai Stevenso
Why am i willing to go out on a limb . As an economist might put it, on the one hand, according to the website, super scholar. Org, mark is one of the top 20 living economist in the world. I guess that designation is a gentle way of reminding us that as a no longer living economist famously said, in the long run, were all dead. But i digress. Marks topranked status was echoed by a columnist for scientific american, who that he haste emerged as one of the clearest writers on all matters economic today. The next, Milton Freeman Milton Friedman. Mark comes byand, his knowledge of Milton Friedman on a firsthand basis. Reveal, they had a dear, but occasionally prickly relationship. The two of them constantly argued over a variety of issues, but always remained cordial. Mark was probably the last person to go out to lunch with Milton Friedman he for he died of a heart attack on november 16, 2006. Mark over account their friendship, will recount their friendship and discuss their differences
The torch has been passed to a new generation of americans. 1961. John kennedy has promised to get the country moving again. How will he keep his promise . Three president s three policies but one common resolve the government must never permit another Great Depression. Can we control our economy . Thats the story well investigate with the help of economic analyst richard gill on this edition of economics usa. Im david schoumacher. The 20 years after world war ii brought selfconfidence to american political economics. The lessons of depression and war convinced economists and politicians alike that the government could promote prosperity by manipulating taxes and spending. These continuing adjustments are called fiscal policy. For the two decades after world war ii each new administration asked itself how fiscal policy could be used to control the economy. Our story begins in 1944. Americans had vivid memories of the Great Depression. They remembered 1 4 of the work force without jobs
Stanleys adam parker. He will tell us what hes expecting from earnings whether they can spark a selloff in stocks, talk about the words earnings recession have been discussed in conjunction with the First Quarter earnings reports due to come out. And where is howard marks putting his money to work . You will find out in an exclusive interview. Plus Bill Richardson former new mexico governor gives us his reaction to rand paul running for president and what he thinks of the senators plans if he became president he would get rid of the Energy Department and three other cabinet positions if he were to become president of the United States. Well get governor richardsons take on that coming up. You can guess what he would say. We have a lot to get to. Lets start with where we stand. 74 points higher on the dow. The s p 500 up by about 5 points to 2,085. The dow is the outperformer on the session. The nasdaq adding 16 to 4,933. Lets get to our closing bell exchange. Amy wu is back with us so