Colleague maria russo. So much of raising children these days seems to be about what we dont want them to do keeping them away from danger both real and virtual could no doubt this is a feature perhaps a bug of our helicopter in engaged but i think this attitude often fails to provide a sense of independence and kids not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but they are also incapable of entertaining themselves at least without a device in hand. For reasons both selfish and selfless we know this is an important life skill for them the Current Situation is untenable like kids have trouble with any kind of unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is perhaps the activity that suffers the most part according to recent analysis of the american study the share of americans who read for pleasure has fallen by more than 30 since 2004. So if theres a way to reverse this trend i think it will have to start with their children and i can think of no one who can hel
Good afternoon, everyone. We are running a little bit behind today. On behalf of the American Enterprise institute i would like to welcome you with the conversation with pamela paul of the New York Times book review about her recent book how to raise a reader. She coauthored it with her colleague maria russo. So much about raising children is about what we dont want them to do, keep them dangers both real and virtual, no doubt this is a feature and bug of our helicoptering age with this attitude fails to promote a sense of independence in kids. Not only do they not know how to walk down the street by themselves but are incapable of entertaining themselves without a device in hand. For reasons both selfish, parents need a break, and selfless, we know this is an important life skill for them, the Current Situation is pretty untenable, our kids have trouble with any unstructured activity but reading for pleasure is the activity that has suffered the most. According to a recent analysis th
By about 414 points. Things have bounced around rapidly. Weve seen the volatility. Part of that was the big selling that happened. Nasdaq off another 140 poijnts. Looking at the 10year trading down talking historic lows every day when the 10yearwas above 1. 2 on the ticker, i was looking for it this is an important time to watch that, didnt you think it is crazy its a new time line to look at global rates we never thought these type of rates would get to us. They are still higher than the rest of the world is at. It is still staggering it is unbelievable and shocking on the daily basis. Providing the context. It does not happen often they are usually tied to an event. 1998, it was the collapse of the he hedge fund in 2010, resulting in a drop 2008, the financial crisis led to a fourday decline of more than 1,500 points. And now the coronavirus with a loss of 3,200. The big one was 1987 that wasnt really precipitated by any other event other than insurance. 22 in a day i want to make a
Tech companies have a solution to the way that everyone accesses health care well talk to an investor and c. E. O. Of a diagnostic cap. Now just because hell the richest nation in the world and spend more than any other nation on health care doesnt mean the outcomes are better or that more people will Access Health services more than half a 1000000 people turn to bankruptcy in the us because they cant pay their medical bills and more than 27000000 people are without medical insurance in the poorest nations the weakest dont have access to even rudimentary treatments yet its a goal of the United Nations to achieve universal Health Coverage for all by 2030 how well take a look at this the World Health Organization estimates that it would cost around 58. 00 per person per year to achieve universal health care in all low and middle Income Countries that comes to about 371000000000 a year by 2030 where does that money come from well the World Health Organization believes some 85 percent of t
Taken place throughout the course of the countrys history what were seeing right now at the moment are people still continuing to arrive forming a protest where there are thousands of people would not tens of thousands of people despite today being a National Holiday a day of the people still coming out to demonstrate 2 against a number of different grievances people are saying that theyre angry over the wages over over other people access to health care and education over a growing inequality in the country and as the demands of protesters have evolved over time were now hearing calls for the resignation of the countrys president but even deeper than that people tell us that they want systemic change calling for a Constitutional Convention the drafting of a new constitution for the country so again what were seeing now despite the state protests mostly peaceful protests of thousands of people we are unfortunately once again seeing the Security Forces police using tear gas and Water Ca