Subway. We are right we are glad no one was killed in the horrific incident. We wish him a speedy and full recovery. We are aware of an arrest that took place in paris, following the attack on a counterterrorism soldier. We are told they are not seriously injured. Are also aware of the attack in france is our oldest and one of our closest allies. Looking ahead to the next week, the president and key members of be Foreign Policy team will in new york city for the General Assembly. And today is h. R. Mcmaster nikki haley. We will walk you through the meetings and other events of the week and take you take your questions. I will be here afterwards to take questions, unless you want to give me a free pass this friday. Good afternoon. I will also want to begin by acknowledging the horrific attacks in europe. The u. S. Stands with solidarity with the people of the United Kingdom and france. We will work with our partners to prevent attacks. United states remains committed to defeating terror
Thank you very much for coming today. I think well get started. Welcome to all the American Enterprise institute. Im andrew biggs. And todays session is titled what can irs data tell us about Retirement Income. I can imagine a bgrade thriller movie that the tag line said what if everything you knew were wrong. This is a slightly modified version. The tag line might be, what if many of the things you know were wrong and what if many of those were about Retirement Incomes . Its not something quite as thrilling but something thats actually very, very important. And i think the fact is that much of what we think we know about Retirement Incomes, the statistics that drive Government Policies regarding Social Security and Retirement Plans may in fact be wrong. We think we know what retirees incomes are, what their poverty rates are, how dependent they are on Social Security benefits and how much they receive from private Retirement Plans. I can pull some of those statistics from my head. The
Secretary ben carson, i want to talk about your job at hud, but your other job is dr. Ben carson. Why did you decide to pursue a career in medicine . Dr. Carson well, as a youngster, i used to hear stories about doctors, and they seem to be the most noble people on the face of the earth. I said, thats what i want to do. When i was eight years old, i decided that was the path i would take. Obviously, it changed. I went from there to wanting to be a psychiatrist. But then, when i got into medical school, i said, what are you really good at . I started examining my life and i realized i had a lot of eye hand coordination, the ability to think in three dimensions. I was a very careful person. That led me in that direction. When i started, i was an adult neurosurgeon. But i quickly migrated toward the kids. I always had this great affinity for young people. Steve what can you tell us about the study of the brain . What did you learn . Dr. Carson well, the human brain is incredible. It has b
But then, when i got to medical youol, i said, what are really, really good at . I started examining my life and i realized that i had a lot of i coordination a lot of eyehand coordination the , ability to think in three dimensions. I was a very careful person. That led me in that direction. I was an adult neurosurgeon. But i quickly migrated toward the kids. I always had this great affinity for young people. Steve what can you tell us about the study of the brain . What did you learn . Dr. Carson the human brain is just incredible. It has billions of neurons, hundreds of billions of interconnections, can process a and amounts of information in a split second. The very fact, think about all of the people that you know, they have two eyes, a nose, mouth, two years. How many variations can there be on that . And yet, your brain is able to distinguish one from another in thousands of people. At a splitsecond. It is an amazing oregon. An amazing organ a person with a normal brain is capabl
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