And the fight for digital supremacy. Before we get into the fight for that digital battlefield, first define some terms for us, especially the important distinction you make in the title and throughout the book about islamists and extremists. Guest i am thrilled to be here to talk to you about something im passionate about. Part of it is that i think islamists, when you think distinguished from extremists you look on a couple of different dimensions. Do they play by the rules of the game . What do they say about the constitution . Do they use extra electoral means . The big one is do they use violence . Do they think violence is a legitimate way in terms of communicating and achieving their goals . When you look at those markers, iu will find by and large think of as lummis as a group that have the foundation and a religious orthodoxy islamists as a group that have the foundation a religious orthodoxy but play by the rules. Violences want to use in their views are different. Host how d
Creating too much data. What do you mean by that . Ert we are committing creating too much data in the context of big data, and artificial intelligence. Most of that is being used for marketing. Most of the big data that is actually being used by corporations is to steal market share away from each other. That is not producing productivity are social benefits, it is just carving up a very zero some pipe. Brian when did you get the idea for this book . Robert the original idea of rapid even nine growth in the middle the 20th century, Slower Growth before and after, came about when i was graduating many when new work on the history of the American Economy came up with some startling numbers. , theis that the output total production of goods and services in the u. S. Economy doubled between the 1920s in the 1950s. And yet, the amount of capital that was used to produce goods and services did not increase at all. That violated all that the Economic Growth rules that said that output and ca
A lot of talented people without get that and want to pursue it. Those are just some of the stories were covering on ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the selloff on wall street picked up today where it left off friday, on worries about sluggish growth. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 326 points to close at 15,372. The nasdaq fell 106 points to close under 3997. Amid the downturn, janet yellen was sworn in as chair of the federal reserve. Shes the first woman to lead the central bank in its 100year history.
Own opportunity and you see a lot of talented people without get that and want to pursue it. Those are just some of the stories were covering on ifill those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by and by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill the selloff on wall street picked up today where it left off friday, on worries about sluggish growth. The Dow Jones Industrial average lost 326 points to close at 15,372. The nasdaq fell 106 points to close under 3997. Amid the downturn, janet yellen was sworn in as chair of the federal reserve. Shes the first woman to lead the central b
News. Uk had its best manufacturing numbers in three years but the Ukraine Tensions remain as well. Our road map begins with the markets right now futures edging higher as the nasdaq looks to bounce back from the worst threeday drop in over two years. Will i turn around . Citigroup agreeing to pay over a billion dollars to settle claims dating back to the financial crisis in 2008 but thats not the only tough news for the companys stock. Well explain in a moment . Another rough quarter for samsung, operating profit falling over 4 this year. Does the tech giant have some reason to smile . Its coming in a box this week. Well talk about that in a few minutes. First up, what will it take to end the stock markets losing streak. The nasdaq suffering another big drop closing at a two month low and down more than 6 from their recent highs hit a month ago. The dow and s p posting their worst threeday losing streaks since late january. Jim, yesterday on this show you said you would not be afraid