Fixed. But ok. Just leave it this way. All right. I dont consider myself a journalist. And nobody else would consider myself a journalist. I began to take on the life of being an interviewer, even though i have a day job of running a private equity firm. How do you define leadership . What is it that makes somebody tick . Aliko dangote is widely known to be the wealthiest man in africa. So is that a title you are proud to have, or is that one where you get so many people calling you for money you wish you were not the wealthiest man in africa . Aliko well, first of all, thank you very much, david. It is great to be here and seeing you today. Well, you know, when they call you the wealthiest person in africa, it comes with a lot of baggage. Of course, there are so many demands. People come up with different demands. But it is good, because i like to give back to the society. David so right now, you are involved in many philanthropic endeavors in africa and elsewhere. Lets go through som
The dow futures down 448 points. Down almost 2 . S p better than 2 , nasdaq lower by 225. 2 and a half percent there as well. Strong showing in april despite losses yesterday, the dow, s p 500 posting largest monthly gain in 33 years for month of april. Oil prices are still down this morning sliding again, take a look, this morning more on the impact, low prices and decline in demand are having on big energy. Oil now 39 cents, better than 2 . I will be speaking this morning exxon mobile and chevron will be reporting and we will speak with the ceo of chevy robe coming up. Amazon with jump in sales but seeing profits fall as cost of doing business of the pandemic rises. Could post First Quarterly loss in 25 years. More bombshells, more unsealed documents reveal the fbi was moving to close the investigation of Michael Flynn back in january of 17 before agent peter strzok stepped in to say keep the case open. Flynns Attorney Sidney Powell will join me powell at 8 10 a. M. Eastern on the ef
I can assure you that the authors that we are featuring today are serious accomplished economist who is decades who worked to form this publication. The subtitle of the book to economist drink their way through the unfree world gives us the unconventional approach for a couple of academics. That subtitle did not surprise me though. I tend to run in to ben powell and bob lawson at economic or academic conferences around the country and around the world and inevitably had drinks in their hands, probably because we chat at the hotel bars and the like. But the conversation is always interesting, informative and fun. And that is also true of the new book. This is a light book about a heavy topic. So it is fortunate that we are featuring today on the birthday of the late freedman, one of the greatest economist of the 20th century and the champion of economic and overall human freedom. We were lucky to have known him and for some of us who work with him to a limited degree. He too would agree
U. S. Trading after west texas futures end in negative territory for the first time ever. Ups sees some light at the end of the virus tunnel. The ceo tells us ecommerce is almost thriving compared to traditional sectors. Lets take a look at the oil lets get to sophie kamaruddin, who is taking a look at highlights for us in hong kong. Sophie the relative resiliency of the markets we have seen of late have brought several benchmarks in the region of asia into bull market territory. That will be tested in the face of this oil rout. Futures. Eing mixed nikkei futures in chicago while kiwi stocks are extending mondays drop. Lets switch up the board to check in on signaling perhaps the recent optimism and equities may be unwarranted and this money, gold resuming losses but still closer to its high of the year than it slows that were hit in february and treasury futures are now unchanged after we saw the u. S. 10 year yield with alltime lows on monday and the dollar little changed as well wit
Socialism sucks, is more irreverent than most Public Policy books we usually organize events around here at cato but i can assure you the authors we are featuring today are serious accomplished economists with decades of scholarly work. Inevitably, they have drinksn their hand, probably because we chat at receptions, hotel bars and the like. But the conversation is always interesting, informative, and fun. Thats also true of this new book. This is a light book about a heavy topic. So its fortunate, fortuitous rather, that we are featuring today on the birthday of the late milton friedman, one of the greatest economist of the 20th century and the champion of economic and overall human freedom. We were lucky to have known him, or some of us to have worked with him to a limited degree. Im sure he, too, would agree with the title of the book, though i i cant really recallm ever putting his opposition to socialism in quite those terms. Today, socialism has gained an appeal among some americ