All programs are available as podcasts. Hi. I have got with me a wonderful author who has written a fantastic book. John, you are a distinguished law scholar and distinguished historian and you have given us a book for the ages at exactly the right time that we needed in the midst of a pandemic. You said that your goal is to do a citizens guide. What did you mean by that . Great question. I wanted to write a book that would be a first draft of the history of law epidemics for the year of covid and beyond. It would speak to an interested reader, not just a specialist in the field. I thought my value added may be to translate to readers that are just fascinated by the blizzard of legal issues that have arisen no. Of course, we never thought about it now. Particularly, what can we learn from them and what will we know when its going to be over. I want to begin, john, if i can, at the end of your book. Then i will pivot back to ask you more about this question. America has two histories. O
Gained 160 points, but the nasdaq dipped 3. 4 we still care about the federal reserve. They know nothing just kidding. Or the president s speech tonight at the Republican National convention. But the core question is very simple, do you think we can beat covid19 sometime soon or are you expecting it to plague us into next year that can be difficult to see today, we were obsessed with fed chief jay powells big speech at jackson hole we parsed every word, and it wasnt worth parsing he was a prisoner of the flimsy orthodoxy, but these days he doesnt want to be the reason the economy falls apart. Hes saying forget the foolish ways of the past 40 years of fed chiefs his goal is to help the economy, period, until the pandemic lifts. Its joyful. Hes really smart and good guy thats a stock market like a supermarket. There are some aisles we want to go to when the virus is raging, and theres others we want to go to when its on the ropes. We dont know when well beat this thing ive been telling y
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