In the handlers, as he spent cities. Good evening everybody will get started welcome to the American Enterprise institute. And director of social cultural and constitutional studies. Ai. It is my great pleasure tonight talking you to discussion of important new book by my good friend and colleague, michael read michael is the director of economic studies. Ai is a widely published scholar labor economic Public Finance and many other areas in his new book is an exceptionally clear and broad overview of the state of an American Economic life. The actual conditions we face, the trends, over recent decades and others relate to some of the dark stories that we hear in our politics about the conditions that americans are experiencing also where profits are. Any sort of saved things that are much better than the mode of our politics and the critics of the market economy would sometimes suggest that we do face risks in the navy that mood and those critics, are the among the most important of th
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Michael is a director of economic studies at a. I. And is widely published scholar in finance and many other areas. His new book is an exceptionally clear and broad overview of the state of an American Economic life. The actual conditions we face, the trends over recent decades, how those relate to the dark stories that we hear in our politics about the conditions americans have experienced and where our prospects are, he finds that things are much better than the mood of our politics in the critics of the market economy that sometimes suggest, we do e face risks and maybe that mood and those critics are among the most important of those risks. As a controversial thesis and as a conservative im resistant to being cured up until everything is fine but its a powerfully argued thesis and youll see here tonight every supportive thesis in the book. Joining us to respond to mikesa argument is richard reeves, one of the smartest analysts and policy thinkers in washington, richard is the senio
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Now as a fragile temporary ceasefire largely holds in libya the warring leaders have moved closer to making it more permanent the head of the u. N. Recognized government fires also raj and walt Khalifa Haftar are both in moscow for negotiations being broken by russian taki from messed up gas and reports. The aim of mondays meeting in moscow was to formalize to cease fire that started in libya on sunday 24 hours earlier russia and turkey invited fired all starch Prime Minister of the un backed government and warlord to sign a more permanent truth thats aimed at paving the way towards formal negotiations to end the vs 9 year long civil war but after 7 hours of talks one signature remains missing to an emotional. Reports that. Certain progress has been achieved and the chairman of the government and National Archives of libya mr starch and the chairman of hive council of state mr met me has just signed it marshall shaft of the commander of Libyan National army and the president of libya a