[inaudible conversations] okay. Hello, everyone. Were going to get started. I hope you can hear me okay. Hello. Good evening, everyone. When you have an event on one of the most miserable days of the year, you get very nervous. But its great to see so many people here tonight on what is a truly awful new york city evening. We didnt really worry too much about it. Can you hear me okay now . A little better . Mic check. Okay. We didnt worry too much about it because we have a great draw today. For those of you who dont know me, my name is eric kleinen berg, professor of sociology here at nyu and also the director of the institute for public knowledge. You are in the kind of annexed space of the institute for public knowledge. Were hosting this evenings event, and we do a lot of events like this. Were the part of nyu that tries to take ideas and intellectuals that might otherwise spend too much time merchandise the ivory tower and project them out into the world. So we really aim to gener
Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundation. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Anne gumowitz. The betsy and jesse fink foundation. The hkh foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. My guest, martin wolf, says the us debt ceiling is the legislative equivalent of a nuclear bomb that america has aimed at itself. And because congress refused to permanently defuse it this week, the threat r
Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundation. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Anne gumowitz. The betsy and jesse fink foundation. The hkh foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. My guest, martin wolf, says the us debt ceiling is the legislative equivalent of a nuclear bomb that america has aimed at itself. And because congress refused to permanently defuse it this week, the threat r
Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundation. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Anne gumowitz. The betsy and jesse fink foundation. The hkh foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. My guest, martin wolf, says the us debt ceiling is the legislative equivalent of a nuclear bomb that america has aimed at itself. And because congress refused to permanently defuse it this week, the threat r
Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundation. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Anne gumowitz. The betsy and jesse fink foundation. The hkh foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman. And by our sole corporate sponsor, mutual of america, designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Welcome. My guest, martin wolf, says the us debt ceiling is the legislative equivalent of a nuclear bomb that america has aimed at itself. And because congress refused to permanently defuse it this week, the threat r