Nostrils arent virgins any more. Today the world hit a major milestone as great britan became the first country to officially approve a fully tested vaccine. So big congratulations britan, it is amazing how much you can get done when you dont waste time combing your hair. And you know this is really, really great news for the world. Unless britain decides to use this opportunity to get revenge. So it turns out weve gotten the vaccine and well be handing it out to all of our colonies, oh, oh, thats right, you dont want to be colonies any more, i guess more vaccine for me, oh, aah, how do you like that now, ind india, so safety and precaution is fantastic but there is one country who might be taking their precautions a little too far. Belt gum is putting a four person lit limit on holiday parties deurd the pandemic pandemic. Officials say all gatherings must be held outdoor in a yard or garden and only one guest will be able to enter the house during the entire party. If you really have
Trevor well hello, everybody, welcome to the daily social distancing show, im trevor noah. Today is wednesday, the 27bd of december. Which means there is only 49 days left until trump is no longer president and start starts selling National Secrets on his only fan account, anyway coming up on tonights show, the queen has the vaccine y black people cant buy homes and Michael J Fox will join us on the show, lets do this, welcome to the daily social distancing show. From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor noah. Lets kick things off with the coronavirus pandemic. You know, the reason why our nostrils arent virgins any more. Today the world hit a major milestone as great britan became the first country to officially approve a fully tested vaccine. So big congratulations britan, it is amazing how much you can get done when you dont waste time combing your hair. And you know this is really, really great new
Unequal distribution of wealth led to the Great Depression. Her class is about 75 minutes. Weve spent the last few weeks considering how americans adapted to abundance between the 1890s and 1920s. Despite the efforts of producers, advertisers, of retailers and of others, the supply of goods continue to outstrip demand. This wasnt because all everyone, all 106 million americans, had everything they needed. It was because they didnt have adequate purchasing power. They didnt have adequate wages or income to buy all of that stuff. And it wasnt just americans who were in this situation, but so too were our trading partners around the world. They didnt have enough income to buy all of the commodities we were producing in our fields and all of the wonderful things that we are our factories were making. So by the end of the 1920s, the American Economy went bust. You guys all know this. You all know that the stock get crashed in 1929. The World Economy went bust as well. A worldwide economic d
The s p and nasdaq hitting record highs were waiting minutes from the last Federal Reserve meeting which could be coming any second now. Apple hitting 2 trillion in total market value thats a double in just two years. Its phasing major risks to the bottom line. We will explain what those are as apple goes up unlike other big bock retailers, the stock is surging as you see right there. Power lunch begins right now welcome. Im kelly evans, as we await the minutes from the fed, its the financials lading the way. Take a look at these top performers, airlines, cruise ships powering high, modest gains, but also inindividually is trading near its alltime highs. Its doubled this year and is reporting earnings after the bell today well have more on nvidias monster run. Ty fed minutes just released Rick Santelli is looking at the headlines. Hey, rick. Indeed, one of the big issues was the way the Federal Reserve was going to tweak the way it looks at inflation, various policysetting tools they h
Stuff. And it wasnt just americans who were in the situation but so too were our trading partners around the world. They didnt have enough income to buy all the commodities we were producing in our fields and all the wonderful things our factories were making. So by the end of the 1920s the American Economy went bust. You all know the stock market crashed in 1929 and the World Economy went bust as well, a worldwide economic depression set in that lasted between 1929 and wasnt officially over until 1942. What was called the Great Depression could be considered a crisis of abundance. It brought attention to purchasing power and in doing so it ended up politicizing consumption. We talked a lot about how consumer culture rose to be at the very center of american culture. And i keep telling you we need to consider politics, and today is the day we will think about how consumption became plit politicized. So heres a graphic that typifies the usual story that historians tell about the Great D