The first thing is i am well aware that many of you have no idea who i am. And so thank you for showing up out of the spirit of pure curiosity. I think it speaks very well of you. I know there are some really, really big nays in the festival and i feel very honored to be amongst them. Thanks for coming. So who am i . A few things, i write column called the undercover economist for the Financial Times at the pink newspaper thats really good, i recommend it. [applause] thank you sir. The second thing is i present radio. I did a show for the Bbc World Service called 50 things amid the modern economy. I present a show for bbc all about numbers and how we think about numbers, how numbers sometimes lead us astray. Sometimes they help us understand the world. And i also have a podcast with a gentleman called Michael Lewis and Malcolm Gladwell called cautionary tales. Which is all about things going wrong, sometimes in sideways and sometimes in amusing ways and what we can learn from them. So
President affectionate of his base and the other side who leads them socialist or a billionaire, wall street journal poll, the democrat race has tilted heavily to socialist, Bernie Sanders, hes got 27 support. The fading joe biden is essentially tied with newcomer Mike Bloomberg, the president s approval record hits new high for the poll, 47 tonight it really is mustsee splitscreen tv, all right, we will get to your money, of course, not quite as exciting as politics, chinas government says theres a slowing in rate of new infections for the second day, less than 2,000 new cases reported but beijing still has, you might call it credibility problem, 3 wall street journal reporters kicked out of the country objective voices gone. Anyway, the dow will be up about 80, s p up about 10 and nasdaq another nice gain, already at new high, up another half percentage point. Rally all across the board. Now, just wait till you see tesla stock, im showing it to you now, if you bet against it, you are
Buildout a social media army in california. Hiring hundreds willing to spread the word about his campaign. California is a big prize up for grab on super tuesday, representing 30 of the delegates up for grabs on march the 3rd. You will hear this over and over hammered on the stage tonight, that mayor bloomberg is looking to buy the democrat nomination. A different stance from his position 10 years ago when he was a republican an mayor of new york, selling financial extensive data to wall street traders. Now his wall street plan is more liberal and more left. What about the. 1 transaction tax . That would raise 770 billion according to the congressional joint tax committee. For 1000 transaction stock purchase you will 11dollar tax. Less than what Bernie Sanders is proposing, a half of a percent on stock trades. He wants to merge fannie and freddie. Lenders carry more reserves and volcker rule and tougher banking regulations. Were looking at his past stances if we can bring it up. Before
Media. We are proud of the realignment here at hudson. The podcast launched last year and i recommend especially for those who havent been following that you take a look at the episodes from last year. Particularly the conversation with secretary of state mike pompeo, josh holly. Chris rinaldi. Mike gallagher. Mike durand and others. Its an excellent program, partly because of the two people that put it together. Their ability to bring out topics and move the argument along. I want to thank them for that. We are happy to launch this Years Program with Michael Michael lind. A prolific writer of more than a dozen books. Michael is a professor at lyndon b. Johnson school of Public Affairs at the university of texas. Important for tonights conversation, he is the author of the new class war. Saving democracy from the managerial elite. The book was published today. So we are here at the launch. Congratulations on the new book. Whether you agree with his interpretation of western politics, h
Well, i have to start by thanking the library of congress and i want to thank jamie and helene and the angels. Readers, for allowing me to be with someone who has elevated libraries to such an extent. [applause] let me just say there have been patron saints of the library at the carnegie and thingslike that but you are now number one. I finally smacked down andrew carnegie. Like that. Greats how does itfeel to be the patron saint of libraries . When i started this book i couldnt have anticipatedthat part of it. I was drawn in to the story because i really wanted to understand what happened in 1986 that this epic fire that closed the la library for seven years but more importantly, i wanted to understand why icared about it so much. Ive often said if someone had said to me city hall burn down i would have thought thats too bad and i assume they willrebuild it , but hearing that the library had burned felt like this the, profoundly personal loss. And i thought, why do we feel such a conn