American housing crisis. Give them a warm welcome. [applause] thank you for coming, its always nice to be back at romans, one of the best independent bookstores in the entire country. [applause] i was just browsing the childrens section, i spent many a day and night looking with my daughter atbooks. And tonight you get to buy books. As many as you want. Theyre stacked up hereand there are more than that available. It makes an excellent gift item. Whatever holidays might be coming up for you, you can wipe out all of your Holiday Shopping tonight. Take the rest of the year all. It is a wonderful book and its not just i should say its not just a book about housing. Its, i think its not an exaggeration to call this a manuscript, a great manuscript of california history. So you will be getting a lot of policy in here but its also brilliantly driven by characters. You will get to know quite a few people involved in the history of californias housing crisis and the activists and all the other
Business. In berlin welcome customers of india. Outside branches to get their deposits out he is now under direct control of the reserve bank of india. U. S. Bank is indias 5th Largest Private Bank and has undergone steady decline over recent months largely due to its failure to raise capital to address loan losses and downgrades in response the reserve bank of india has placed yes under a moratorium wants to find a solution to the problem until then customers can only withdraw 50000. 00 rupees a month from their accounts thats around 600. 00 euros that decision has had a major impact on the u. S. Banks stuck with shares ending the day 56 percent low on the Stock Exchange lets bring in. Christian and hes in associate editor scrolling and joins us now from delhi and. Do us customers really have to worry about their savings or will the state help out in case the bank goes under. The theres no indication that deposit does have any reason to be watered the government has moved quickly to s
So i guess it is appropriate. Thanks so much to the Brooklyn Historical society, the old stone house, and Greenwood Cemetery for this opportunity, and especially to Meredith Duncan and marshall for their great organizational work. Ok, i thought i would start by just asking, how many of you have heard of the age of reason . All right, cool a lot of people. When you think of the enlightenment, you probably think about the rise of rational thought versus religious superstition. But did you know that People Living in the age of reason were actually just as obsessed with emotion . Think about it. The American Revolution was fought on the basis of the idea that all mankind is in doubt with certain inalienable rights. That among them are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Happiness. What is that emotion doing in the list of Political Rights . This is a question that many years ago now, set me off on the research that i would like to share a little bit of with you tonight. I wanted t
Lovely introduction and invitation to be here. It is exciting to see so many of the out on this steamy night. The joke is that emotion is hot. I guess it is appropriate. Thank you to the Brooklyn Historical society, the Old Stone House and Greenwood Cemetery for this opportunity. Thank you for the great organizational work. I appreciate it. It has been super easy to get here. I thought i would start by asking, how many of you have heard of the age of reason . Good. A lot of people. When you think of the enlightenment, you probably think about the rise of rational thought versus religious superstition. But did you know that People Living in the age of reason were actually just as obsessed with emotion . Think about it. The American Revolution was fought on the basis of the idea are endowed with certain inalienable rights. That among them are life, liberty, and the pursuits of happiness. Happiness, what is an emotion . Oing in that list this is a question that many years ago set me off o
[applause] to i would say half of the rating and a big chunk of the research i did while i had a fellowship for jefferson studies. I want to think andrew for that and my good friend for many acts of friendship does the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation chair at the university of virginia. I want to think mary Scott Fleming for keeping the trains running on time for this presentation and to Christopher Oliver assistance to a range of this. And managing the fellowship that i so have profitably and so spent here. Also might sister and her brother traveling here for connecticut also alan taylor one of the leaders of the of escape from the virginia plantation during the war of 1812. Since it is monticello lets begin with Thomas Jefferson and this is a that comes from a letter that he wrote in response to his former secretary. He wrote this letter August August 251814 which is a low point in the United States will recall the war of 1,812th. If you know, of the occupation and the partial b