Has appeared in many areas. Hes from vermont and is a distinguished professor sociology the Graduate Center and the author of the bestselling for Peoples Movement regulating the poor and why americans dont vote with the late richard gaye. Please join me in using your zoom clap or heart reactions to welcome him to your living room. High everyone thanks for joining us. Fran can hear me with the thumbs up . Yes i can hear you hello everyone. Should we begin our discussion . Sure, sure. Jamie, why dont you begin by telling us a little bit about the book and especially about why you were inspired to work on it. Thanks for hosting this event ive had the pleasure of working with fran for a very long time ive always appreciated your support. So, this latest book, came out with an interest i had a very long time ago i guess about always having a political sensibility that the reduction of worktime is a public good. And should be a goal of social movements. And, it was not until i got to middleb
They may need if they can. And its a reminder really here, and the reason i am bringing this to you as the top news right now of the hour, its a reminder how many tools this Prior Administration simply declined to use during the Ongoing Health crisis weve all been living through. Here is the bottom line, keeping it very clear. Under the traditional rules of obamacare, americans who qualify for those health plans, they must sign up within basically six weeks out of the year, and thats accept, unless they can prove they had a, quote, Major Life Change. Now think about this tonight. Havent we all had a Major Life Change since the virus hit in 2020 . What President Biden is doing with this new order is applying that straight forward logic. Call it logic. Call it humanitarian. Call it with a you want, to empower people to sign up now outside of that usual legal window, which can deliver more health care coverage, especially to people who may urgently need it, given whats going on. As for th
Round two. Has admitted sachs its role, reaching multiple settlements. Aery lets get started with check of the markets. U. S. Futures coming online slightly higher. This after we saw u. S. Stocks gaining ground in the regular session. There was optimism for another round of stimulus ahead of the last president ial debate. , andht, banks rallied reached the highest since june Energy Shares rebounded with oil. We will check that shortly after. Small caps also gained around. We could take a look at the dollar right there. We saw again in the first time in five sessions. Check out oil right now. A flood at the moment at around 40 a barrel level. , also the latest sign of opecplus that they ford be restraining supply longer. We heard Vladimir Putin say that russia is able to put output further if needed. Haidi a thick a look at how we are setting up the asian session. There getting this out from u. S. Election. Greater volatility and portions playing out here. Take a look at nikkei futures.
Snub. Stocks drop as astrazeneca after the vaccine trial the tests fail for one subject. The groups u. S. Shares fall in extended trade. The longest losing streak since may. Amid fears ajump Brexit Agreement is becoming unlikely. 7 00 a. M. In frankfurt. The fundamental question is this. Have you received a jolt in terms of the astrazeneca virus being halted . Has the equity market rally been questioned and undone . Tomarie there is a lot digest in terms of the vaccine. For me it is really about what happened yesterday in technology. Is this a healthy pullback . Is it the start of a correction that has further room to drop . This time last week it was like stocks going to infinity. Now the s p 500 is in nosebleed sections. Asian equities under pressure this morning. Csi 300 down 1. 5 . Msci asiapacific down 1 as well. European equity futures in the red. Softer but relatively flat. Nasdaq futures are higher. Yesterday the nasdaq did dip into that correction. We are seeing contagion acro
Bad reaction. Astrazeneca slams the brakes on a phase 3 vaccine trial after one test patient contracted an unexplained illness. Watch the vaccinemakers at the open tomorrow. The rout resumes. Asian equities post losses after more devastation for u. S. Tech investors. Slumps ses 7 but tesla by a stock record 21 in yesterdays u. S. Session. England prepares to reimpose coronavirus restrictions on the public. Starting next monday, gatherings of more than six people will be banned. Youve been warned. Just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading in europe. Lets look at the futures picture right now after, you know, the major u. S. Equity benchmarks dropped more than 2 . The nasdaq more than 4 . Now were seeing red arrows once again for european futures. Yesterday was a down day for european stocks as well. Take a look at u. S. Future this is morning after the big drops that we experienced yesterday. Remember yesterday was the first day of trading for u. S. Stocks. They were