Next, President Trumps populism and its potential lasting impact. The America Enterprise Institute talks with the university of chicago mulligan about the policies on trade, immigration, debt and deficit spendi spending. Hi, im jim of the american Enterprise Institute and welcome to our event. Ras trumpism pollism succeeded. The president has combined republican tax cuts and deregulation with more restrictions policies on trade and immigration. While the president s rhetoric has often been antielite, norm violating and sometimes inflammatory, hes won the support of the Mainstream Republican Party and lawmakers alike. What are we to make of his presidency . Have President Trumps economics been successful. Going forward what lessons should policy makers learn from the recent rise of populism on the left and right . Today ill discuss these issues with two great guests. Casey mulligan, professor of economics at university of chicago and chief of economists, of the counsel of economic advis
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Particular group of industries and people that are directly exposed to the pandemic. Who come ofople their old jobs may struggle to come back them because people will take their time in going back to certain activities that involve a lot of direct contact with other people. I think the right thing to do and the smart thing to do for the long run is to continue to support those people as they return to their old jobs or find new jobs in different sectors of the economy. Great. When you spoke to us in 2018, the fed was just at the beginning of reevaluating their framework. That younce learned are particularly keen on some of the estimates that you showed of how the phillips curve and inflation trends had flattened over the last decades. Those realizations helped inform the feds decision to engage in the average inflation targeting model. In the spirit of careful what you wish for, should we actually see some of those trends start that itt, do you worry may actually be difficult to turn s
The days to come. David we have heard that the president is still contagious. Him fromey isolate people around him . And how will he do the debate next week . He says he is going to do it. Are a lot ofre challenges with keeping somebody who is infected in a safe space and not creating danger to those around him. We have seen this with the the fda plans to work as quickly president when he was going into as possible and will not cut the residence last night when he scientific corners to rush a had taken off his mask. Vaccine. We note there were photographers around him at that point. Hurricane delta continues to it is going to be important that strengthen as it moves toward not only the president wear a the gulf of mexico. Forecasters say it is a dangerous category 4 storm with mask but that his staffers and Anyone Around him also wear them in addition to keeping the distance, at least six feet from him. We do not know how long the end virus that virus can be infectious and it is a poin
Discussion this evening. Francine we are not brexit free, i have just been sparing you. We have actually been increasing the numbers of icu beds because people need them more. And brexit negotiations are ongoing. There is still the selfimposed deadline of october 15. ,om and i want to make clear the case dynamics in europe are extraordinary for the slopes of those curves are distressing. Its been an extraordinary thursday. Thank you to our team for an incredible news flow. It seems like we are doing the same thing today, we are waiting for washington to wake up and drive forward. Heres riddick group to with the first word news. With first word news. The Global Food Program was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize. They especially operate in conflict zones. To 100 millionse people in 88 countries last year. The white house is shifting its position in stimulus package, again. Steven mnuchin and told nancy pelosi that they want to in agreement on a largescale relief bill. Earlier this week