Going forward what lesson should policymakers learn from this recent rise of populism on both the left and the right . Today i were discussing these issues with two great guests, first Casey Mulligan is professor of economics at university of chicago and he served as chief economist for the council of economic advisers in the Trump Administration from september 2015 august 20 because most recent book released last month is your hired, untold successes and failures. Michael strain is a john scholar and director of Economic Policy studies here aei, the author of the American Dream is not dead but populism could kill it, released in february of this year. Heres how the event is going to go. To start up k she will speak for about ten minutes and then mike will offer a ten minute response and after that we will have a Panel Discussion for a while, and towards the end of the discussion about 10 45 we will do a q a so please submit your questions on twitter with the hashtag ask aei econ. With
The United States topped 3300000 coronavirus cases on monday the death toll exceeds 135000 what this means is that nearly one in 100 americans have now tested positive for the virus this comes as 32 states across the country saw an increase of covert 1000 cases of at least 10 percent in the last week while on sunday florida broke the u. S. Record with more than 15000 new cases in just one day on monday another 12624 new cases were confirmed meanwhile just south in Brazil Police officers patrolled beaches in Rio De Janeiro the citys mayor marcello cruella required residents to wear face masks and only those practicing individual sports were actually allowed in the sand or the sea wall deaths in mexico reached 35000. 00 on sunday the latin American Country surpassed italy and now has the worlds 4th highest death toll from the pandemic the mayor of mexico city plans to target neighborhoods with a higher number of people infected with covert 19. What we call the 2nd Program Priority attent
But 19 we take a look around the globe to check on the spread of the virus with a packed show today so lets dive in. And chinas new National Security law is having a huge impact on businesses and finance in hong kong as we have been telling you the new National Security law which took effect on tuesday is aimed at banning secession subversion terrorist activities and collusion with Foreign Forces to endanger National Security now but now it appears that millions of companies that do business in hong kong as asias Financial Center could be in danger of violating that law now that could mean penalties ranging from fines to having funds confiscated Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that those who follow the law have nothing to worry about in the hong kongs National Security law regulates or types of criminal acts that seriously major National Security punish a very small not. Protect the vast majority the rights and interests enjoyed by a large number of hong kong residents and fore
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This comes as regions across the country allowed for more businesses to reopen and with an increase in Consumer Spending well President Trump wasted no time celebrating the government report and took a victory lap as he said the recent number proves the countrys economy is roaring back todays announcement proves that our economy is roaring back its coming back extremely strong its all coming back its coming back faster bigger and better than we ever thought possible these are the numbers these are not numbers made up by me these are numbers and as i said you are going to have a fantastic 3rd quarter it will be the 3rd quarter the likes of which nobody has ever seen before in my opinion. And the good thing is the numbers will be coming out just prior to the election so people will be able to see those numbers the 4th quarter like was will be extremely good and maybe most importantly from the standpoint of our country itself next year will be. Historic year next year is going to be an in