Possibly be given the truly crazy world in which we live at the moment. Im scott henkel, im the director of wyoming institute for Humanities Research and im so happy to welcome you to tonights think and drink. The topic of which is, pandemics in historical perspective. So, im so happy to introduce dr. Melissa morris, who is assistant professor of history and american studies here at the university of wyoming and a member of the Humanities Research institutes steering committee, who will be our moderator tonight and who will introduce our speakers. So, please, welcome. Thank you, scott. Thank you to all of our panelists for agreeing to participate, who i know are in later time zones. So, thank you for sticking with us. And, of course, to all of you out there tuning in in some form or another. Im just going to do a brief introduction to our panelists and then ill let them each talk for a couple of minutes more about how their work intersects with our theme tonight. First we have Michael
Credo no chemicals. And hes trying to. Step. Out. Some orders. Students from the past dont stand a chance. Training successful. Budget that. Starts october 15th w. Little donald trump announces he has coronavirus u. S. Futures take a dive within moments of the u. S. President s tweet meanwhile stock exchanges in asia also react also coming up in the program. As germany marks 30 years since reunification its economy still shows divisions between east and west well look at some of the reasons why. I will see how parisians are hoping to rise above the citys notorious traffic problem. This is day to be a business on robots in berlin welcome to the program and we begin with the news that donald trump says he and his wife millennia have tested positive for corona virus the u. S. President made the announcement through his twitter account he had the 1st lady were already in quarantine after one of president trumps closest aides hicks was also found to have covered 19 news came at around 1 am
Whale. Buying up massive bets on tech shares as the european commissioner tells cnbc europe needs an answer. Its a major problem. Cant match this problem with a single taxation. And he is worried about talks with the u. K. Amid talks that the government could override parts of the divorce deal. Happy monday and a very warm welcome to street signs. Lets look at how the markets are doing. European markets are trading higher across the board this morning. Every major region participating in the rally the ftse rallying 1. 2 last week it underperformed relative to the rest of europe all of europe seeing a negative week last week the stoxx 600 dropping we have a bit of a rebound taking mace this morning lets take a look at the sector break down starting with the best performing parts of the market we have real estate up about 2 . Autos also performing up 1. 9 . Renault is a star performer. Industrials and basic utilities round out the topper formers lets see what the bottom looks like media
Welcome to the second day of the policy conference. Im the ahead of inflation, oddities research and fidelity in boston and today we have the pleasure of hearing the latest views from the 13th president of the World Bank Group determined he began last year prior to joining he served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs, founded a Macroeconomic Research firm and served as the chief economist while many of us know him now as a policymaker there is a very long history in the private sector economics. When i was chatting with a friend of mine he mentioned the best moderators are funny, fluid and forgettable. With that, the floor is yours. Im very pleased to be here. Ive got some notes and then it is nothing as to tell people about and am looking forward to the conversation and the National Association the meetings were one of my favorite in the 1980s when i was at the Senate Budget committee and the joint Economic Committee select switched on to be back and see some
The World Bank Group determined he began last year prior to joining he served as undersecretary of the treasury for international affairs, founded a Macroeconomic Research firm and served as the chief economist while many of us know him now as a policymaker there is a very long history in the private sector economics. When i was chatting with a friend of mine he mentioned the best moderators are funny, fluid and forgettable. With that, the floor is yours. Im very pleased to be here. Ive got some notes and then it is nothing as to tell people about and am looking forward to the conversation and the National Association the meetings were one of my favorite in the 1980s when i was at the Senate Budget committee and the joint Economic Committee select switched on to be back and see some old friends. The 1980s was an important time for u. S. Growth but like today, the years presented challenges for growth especially for the developing countries theres quite a few topics today but the one id