Edmund phelps. He was the 2006 Nobel Laureate in economics and is the author of many books including a new one called mass flourishing how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change. This book examines modern economics and what makes nations prosper. And why the sources of that prosperity are under threat today. Net phelps teaches economics and is the director of the center on capitalism and society at columbia university. He has lost at the sources of Economic Growth in the causes of unemployment. On announcing his nobel prize, the committee specifically said his task breaking work on economics between inflation and unemployment and on the well being of current versus future generations. He is also known for the threat of this approach to economics drawing as does in this book on important contributions from philosophy, literature and the arts. I must say that few other economists can comfortably cite aristotle and lady gaga in the same chapter. Dr. Phelps was born near
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Law at the university of california, berkeley. And your moderator for this evenings program. Im delighted to introduce my friend and colleague in the field of economics, doctor edmund phelps. He was the 2006 Nobel Laureate in economics and is the author of many books including a new one called mass flourishing how grassroots innovation created jobs, challenge, and change. This book examines modern economics and what makes nations prosper. And why the sources of that prosperity are under threat today. Net phelps teaches economics and is the director of the center on capitalism and society at columbia university. He has lost at the sources of Economic Growth in the causes of unemployment. On announcing his nobel prize, the committee specifically said his task breaking work on economics between inflation and unemployment and on the well being of current versus future generations. He is also known for the threat of this approach to economics drawing as does in this book on important contri
and in europe, finance ministers meet with a deal on a greek bailout likely to be signed in brussels. despite german and french reluctance to commit. here in asia, the yuan falls against the dollar. chinese wen jiabao says the country s currency is not undervalued. nice to have you with us here on worldwide exchange, i m nicole lapen. it s 5:00 in the morning on wall street. welcome to the start of your global trading day. let s take a look at how markets are likely to open. lower across the board with dow futures hovering around 25 below fair value right now. nasdaq futures and s&p 500 futures are about 3 below fair value at this hour. steve, of course, we are all focused on all of the long coming out of the fed tomorrow. so, trading, we re expected, of course, to try to gain some traction ahead of that. how are you guys doing? we re doing very well, nicole, thank you very much, indeed. here in europe, it s after 9:00 a.m. in london. european markets have been tradin
welcome to the show. the headlines today which is a monday, it s all about china today that overtakes germany as the biggest exporter of goods as last month they blew past expectations. in the u.s., earning season kicks off with acola early today as they look at reports on heavy metal profits. welcome to worldwide exchange. it s 5:00 p.m. here in the evening. this is where the markets are trading or have traded today. japan was closed for the coming of age today today and let s get closing numbers for you. shanghai market up 0.5%. a lot of it export and import numbers from china blowing past expectations. caution because of lingering concerns about monetary tightening. housing is up 0.5%. kospi a bit higher and the market getting a lift on china trade data because of the resource linked. chinese demand would fuel the resource link companies. the cnbc global 300 is up 44 points. hi, ross. good to have you back. nice to be back in the saddle for 2010. hello. it s just