Is what im really interested here, is why the United States of socialism right a jew write this book . Guest i noticed that there has been a flurry of books on socialism that is no surprise. Because socialism has come into the american mainstream for the first time in our countrys history. There have been socialist candidates in the past, norman thomas, they were never in the mainstream. But now, in fact it is time and many of us had thought socialism collapsed at the end of the 20th century, suddenly in the 21st centuries back and back with a vengeance. So im not surprised there are a lot of books that are trying to take stock of this. The unifying theme throughout these books, and by and large it is in the field of history. Its the idea that socialism has never worked before. Certainly not for lack of being tried. It was tried really the majority of the world. The largest countries in the world, russia, china, india, all swung in the socialist directio direction. So the issue is that
Start of the fasting month of ramadan. And the biggest shipment in years of saudi oil is heading to the u. S. Will tell you why it may not get there. Well its a figure that is as extraordinary as it is vast the amount of emergency funding the United States is now heading towards as it tackles the fallout from the coronavirus and another stimulus bill is set to be approved by President Donald Trump and that will take emergency spending to nearly 3 trillion dollars the latest relief package was agreed in congress its a 4 day package so far and will support Small Businesses at the pandemic has made more than 26000000 americans unemployed in the last 5 weeks from those says the economy will bounce back quickly despite the number of cases and deaths continuing to rise some states like georgia are preparing to reopen their economies later on friday. Economy will start to pick up very substantially as soon as the states get open and thats happening as we speak and its actually very exciting a
Or. Muslims around the world are urged to observe social distancing at the start of the holy month of ramadan. Welcome to the Program Leaders from around the world have announced that theyre teaming up to develop and deliver a Coronavirus Vaccine will be accessible to all the program its being called a landmark collaboration work will start with a global pledging effort next month aimed at raising 8000000000. 00 the un and politicians all stressed the need to make any vaccine widely available to everyone there was a notable absence of course from the meeting of the United States which says it has no official involvement the. Chief said its important that all tools used for fighting the virus are available to everyone. But experience has stored as that even when tools are available they had been not been equally available to all we cannot allow that to happen today doubly sure is proud to be uniting with many partners to launch the axis 19. 00 accelerator or the act accelerator this is
First president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. That would have been in 1789, in april. How well where the duties and office that he was about to step into, how well where they defined at this moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. There was a brandnew institution, certainly in america and really in the world, its a new experiment of an elected magistrate that would have at one point been the head of state, like a king, but also be the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policy maker. And it wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the of the legislature and where thedefine. Powers of the president would be defined. And so washington really created that office. Reallmany of the precedents, mf the things that we come to think of as president ial really come downwn from his example in the office. He took the oath, what were his views at the time about expanding or restricting the power of the office that he was ste
President s day. First, sir, explain the significance of that moment thats portrayed over your shoulder there, the swearing in of George Washington. You see the first president being sworn in at federal hall in new york city. This would have been in 1789 in april. How well were the duties and the powers of the office that he was about to step into . How well were they defined at that moment when he was sworn in . They werent defined at all. There was nothing like it in america and really in the world. It was a new experiment of an elected magistrate who would at one point be the head of state like a king but at the same time also sort of the chief executioner of the laws, the chief executive in this case, the chief policymaker. And it wasnt exactly clear where the powers of the legislature and where the powers of the president would be defined. Washington created that office and many of the precedents, many of the things we come to think of as president ial really come down from his ex