i know people are very upset and rightly so about inflation. but there s nothing to suggest that inflation is it? it s recession is in the works. i believe there is a path through this that entails a soft landing with the economy essentially stabilizing. well, how s that sock landing feeling to you guys out there tonight? how does that woman still have a job when so many americans are now at a risk of losing their jobs? well, we know why she became the first woman in the two hundred and thirty two year history of the u.s. department of treasury to hold that position. oh, come on . being a first was always more important to biden than someone actually being the best. and now we re all suffering for all the incompetence. now, the dow is seven hundred and forty six points lower than it was on inauguration day for biden. so that means all the gains that we made under trump, we re totally wiped out. and that s before you account for inflation. and by the way, things are about
access, is america exceptional? we will look at reproductive rights. all that with two top journalists. then president biden is in germany today for the meeting of the g7. will the world s advanced economies ramp up pressure on russia? will it work? israel s government collapses. what does that mean for the country, the region, and for bb netanyahu? finally, a seismic shift in french politics. president macron s centrist party loses its parliamentary majority but the far right and left make electoral gains. why is this happening? just who are these voters embracing the extremes? first, here is my take. american democracy has been under stress for sometime now. trust in its institutions is near the lowest on record. when we say this we usually mean congress and the presidency. the supreme court s decision on roe v. wade has brought the public s confidence in the court to an all time low and puts it in the same category as the others defined bipartisanship and polarization. the
will it work? israel s government collapses. what does that mean for the country, the region, and for bb netanyahu? finally, a seismic shift in french politics. president macron s centrist party loses its parliamentary majority but the far right and left make electoral gains. why is this happening? just who are these voters embracing the extremes? first, here is my take. american democracy has been under stress for sometime now. trust in its institutions is near the lowest on record. when we say this we usually mean congress and the presidency. the supreme court s decision on roe v. wade has brought the public s confidence in the court to an all time low and puts it in the same category as the others defined bipartisanship and polarization. the court s decisions this week are not conservative. they are radical. one of the time honored conservative doctrines has been a respect for precedent. and yet in two days the court swept aside a right that for half a century american jur
terrific book, by the way,davi david . now, it shouldn d.t loss to anyone that this whole esg pushs heis happening as the global economy is already sinking. s and when you heard clintonof there, he kind of gave upf the return the ghost, didn t he? because he said, you know, even if the return to investors isn t, you know, the greatest, kinde not going to hurt the planet. so kind of of admi admitting tht they re not living up to their fiduciary responsibilityee to the investors, correct?corree the shareholders? absolutely. absolutely. in fact, there is an article today in the wall street journal where calipers points out that for years out thar yeay follow these esg initiatives, if you will , they ve underperformed all of the other major pension funds in the country. e major pensioners they didn t tell their pensioners that they were investing their money. this way and that and thatit wod perhaps it would be a bad idea. you this whole thing is is is part of the breakdown ofbread th
president biden is in germany today for the meeting of the g7 and what to do about russia is on top of the agenda. i am joined by richard haas and my guests. the author of the age of the strong man terrific book joins me from london. let me put to you a proposition i ve been wondering about which is the economic sanction strategy against vladimir putin is not working and is not likely to work. as long as you have this huge exception for energy, russia is basically the second, first or second largest energy exporter in the world, putin is getting more and more cash from that because prices are high because of curtailment of supply. say prices are up 40%. he makes out. there isn t an easy solution because you can t embargo the oil. the whole world would go into a sharp recession.