Actually now one of the things that has been possible in me is that all of the call that 9000 pandemic is that in many countries its economists spread merrily liberally minded economists who are very much in favor of the strictest possible while many it could mean all exist and other Public Health professionals are a forum or are reserved about such tools mashers how do you explain that. What i think it what economists did early on starting in march the reason university of chicago study was they took the most extreme. Model which was the Imperial College of london model which has been shown to be fundamentally flawed and they said ok lets take that as given and then lets look at lets kind of see what policies will save how many lives and they came up with us an astounding measure 1760000 wives saved which now by the way birch really no one believes that anyway thats what they said and then they took this value of a statistical life that economists talk about i can explain that a littl
Which was the Imperial College london model which has been shown to be fundamentally flawed and they said ok lets take that as given and then lets look at lets kind of see what policies will save how many lives and they came up with us an astounding measure 1760000 wives which now by the way birch really no one believes that anyway thats what they said and then they took this value of a statistical life that economists talk about i can explain that a little more she was multiplied one by the other and valar got almost a trillion dollars in benefits and they said well lock downs are extremely costly but they are going to cost close to a trillion so therefore we should do it. Is was it an economic consideration rather than a moral or ideological one thats correct but by the way i should have said lockdowns let me just read you what they study they study combining home isolation of suspect cases home koren 1000 of those living in the same household as suspect cases and social distancing o
Washington who is author of tonights book , boss of the grips, the life of James H Williams and the red caps of Grand Central terminal. This is part of an ongoing series of programs posted in conjunction with our series the ballad of harlem. If youve not had a chance to look at the exhibition it will be up through the end of december. There are all these things inside the exhibition that i think you will hear about tonight and also it might feed your own historical knowledge about how the ballot for harlem examines several strands of black place making in the 20th century offering viewsof president s and institutions dedicated to education , politicalengagements , cultural affirmation and creativity. The exhibition as i was mentioning earlier highlights includes the brotherhood of sleeping car porters which was the first union of black workers particularly plowman porters and youll also find selections from ruby dee and aussie davises collection which we recentlyacquired. Also items fr
In the late 1970 s. The world was in turmoil never before had so many people taken to the streets millions of demonstrators demanded more democracy grace of freedom higher wages and world peace. And across the globe women were calling for equal rights. For all these hopes seemed to take a back seat in a world shackled to the ongoing confrontation between the United States and the soviet union. There appeared to be little alternative to the 2 political blocs the cold war has the world firmly in its grip. Place was still feeling the effects of the oil crisis of the ne 970. 00 s. Economic growth had snowed and unemployment was steadily rising. The post will do comes when it. Caught my. Eye was done shopping trip to the United States clearly marked the beginning of the chinese imbalance with the west the best between the 2 coming to spell is of china and the soviet union was now definite. The extensive deployments of somebody a troops along chinas board is were no longer a source of concer