Aaron is a native of michigan not far from lansing, did his undergraduate work at northwestern before spending time working in washington, d. C. And moved on to the university of virginia where he studied under gary gallagher. Book is entitled why confederates fought family and nation in civil war virginia. His most recent book, published by harvard, titled calculus of violence how americans fought the civil war. Just again published in 2018. Aaron, lsu is a great place for him. Aaron is a self proclaimed foody so has lots of places to select from in new orleans but today well talk about his book, which has received two recent awards including the Jefferson Davis award from formerly the museum of the confederacy, now the American Civil War museum in richmond. Lets welcome aaron sheehandean. [applause] prof. Sheehandean good morning. Thank you all. I will start by saying happy fathers day to everyone in the audience. Its a weird thing to spend sunday morning talking about violence, but
Problem to deal with rising sea levels Climate Change is making the world ready one notable city more volatile but this is equal india and im someone today we dig deeper into how coastal cities around the world are getting ready to battle the rising sea. 8 of the 10 worlds biggest cities are located on the coursed but none of them have the natural protective barrier against the rising sea like the city of mumbai its an. Occupying less than 0 point one percent of the planets surface mangroves are one of the most valuable ecosystems but theyre threatened. The clock seems to be ticking for indias most populous city mumbai. Climate scientists predict the rising levels of the arabian sea will wipe out the city in just a few 100 usd. First inhabitants but the. Traditional fisherman who have lived of the bounty of the sea for generations. Today they are on the frontline facing the threat of the under lending arabian sea which surrounds the city on 3 sides. In just dont use some fishing villag
Or not sure . If you say you are optimistic, 2027488000 is the number to call. 2027488001 if you say you are pessimistic and if you are not sure, 2027488002. You are welcome to share your to share yourr twitter thoughts on our twitter feed at cspanwj and our Facebook Page, you can participate in a poll at facebook. Com cspan. Andw poll done by cbs yougov takes a look at sentiments about the u. S. Economy. Those responded saying 38 of those polled saying they were optimistic about the future of the economy and 35 described themselves as pessimistic. 27 saying they were unsure. Idea ofcomes to the optimism, people are asked why they thought that way. 45 looked at the job market saying it was a sign of optimism naming the economy itself and looking at trade policy. They asked the same poll about personal finances as an indicator of weather people were pessimistic or optimistic. 40 saying when it comes to looking at finances, they were the same as two years ago. 29 saying their finances we
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Give a snapshot of the economy and as it pertains to issues running for reelections and becoming president of the u. S. Mr. Green, your first. Mr. Green this economy has been performing very well for the top and working americans are barely scraping by. They have peanuts here and there. Benefits of the economy, particularly last couple of years have gone to the very top. It is an economy that sees an increasing amount of risk. Financial deregulation going on and we see a growing concentration of monopoly power and tariffs on consumer goods. Cash being handed back to the largest aggro businesses that are squeezing family farmers. It is not an economy that is working for working families. I think that ordinary people are feeling that. Morici the economy is doing well compared to recent history. It is growing at a reasonable pace. The gains at the bottom have been more robust than in the recent past and that is good. The basic problems of Trump Administration faces is that a lot of the ac