Archives. Visit booktv. Org for a complete schedule. And we now kick off with Professor William darity and Kirsten Mullin with their thoughts on reparations for africanamericans. Good afternoon, im director of the hutchens center on fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution. We gather here this afternoon virtually because of the covid plague to talk about reparations for africanamericans for the descendants of slaves. We planned this event before covid19 and, of course, william darity and Kirstin Mullen wrote the book long before covid19. Its worth noting that the coronavirus seems to be afflicting blacks much more than whites. Theres a piece in the journal of the American Medical Association which points out that more than half the covid19 cases in chicago and nearly 70 of the deaths involve black individuals although blacks make up only 30 of the population. Theres a story on the front page of the Washington Post today about contrasting the intensive care unit in afflue
Chinese demand levels almost at precrisis level. Time for todays market moving news from our washington and new york teams. We want to start with fed chair jay powells comments on the economy. In an interview with cbs, he expressed confidence in the recovery, but timing is still hard to predict. Chair powell the economy will recover. It may take a while. It could stretch through the end of next year. We really dont know. Michael mckee, International Economics and policy correspondent, has more. Was there anything new on cbs . Michael nothing really new, just summarizing what we already knew from the fed and from economists and disease experts. He suggested that what it is really going to take is a vaccine before people feel really confident and the economy can start to move back in the direction of where it was before all of this started. He said congress and the central bank may need to do more to keep us afloat during that period. Appropriate government policy could buy time for work
Dont get me wrong, i mean, people are still going to die of boredom it is baseball, after all but, thankfully, theyre safe from corona. I have one question why are the fake people Wearing Masks . It just seems unnecessary. America has already shown that if youre a person made out of cardboard, you dont need to wear a mask. Also, i hope they told the announcer that those fans are made out of paper. Otherwise, that guy is going to freak out. Oh, my god that ball just went through a guys chest. Oh, my god, why isnt anybody helping him and that was really creative how they put that kid in a giant bubble baseball. Maybe they should do that with other sports, like in the n. F. L. Put every player in a bubble, then when they get tackled, the ball bounces into the stands, and the fans get to punch the bubble back onto the field. Tell me that doesnt sound like a fun sport. And you solved the concussion problem. Roger goodell, call me. In other news, one of the most inspiring things during these
Cool as batman and spiderman, but all of that is about to change. Mattel is honoring essential workers on the frontline to have the covid 19 fight with a special edition line of Action Figures. They are called thank you heroes. The 16 collectible Action Figures include doctors, nurses, e. M. T. S driver and a little set that includes a Grocery Store worker. Each set costs 15. Dollar from each sale will be donated to the First Responders initiative. Trevor yes such a powerful message to send to the kids. You dont need to have superpowers to be a hero. You can be a doctor, a delivery person or hawkeye. Plus this is going to make playtime much more interesting. Im Luke Skywalker and im going to save the galaxy. Luc, im the cleaver man, can you buzz me in . By the way, they didnt have the toilet paper thats not true thats impossible you know, i really think this is a great way to show these kids how the real who the real heroes are, but if they likely want kids to play with the toy heroes,
Church, were about to blast you with a little ray of sunshine. First up, being a teenager in the age of corona is tough. Youre stuck at home with your parents, you cant go to prom, and your dad gave you a haircut with the same clippers he uses on his back hair. But heres a ray of sunshine for teens in georgia because of the pandemic, the state has now decided to issue drivers licenses without requiring a driving test. And that is a crazy idea. Think about it, the only driving practice that kids get right now is from what, video games. Theyre going to get behind the wheel like, which of these pedals push that. If georgia is going to be giving people that power, they may as well go all the way let people make their own drivers license at home, too, like the actual photo. That would be a ton better than the filter the d. M. V. Uses right now. Makes everybody look like theyve been busted for drunk driving. Thats georgia. Its all part of their new state motto welcome to georgia, were done g