Expressed interest and are considering participating and then we certainly have, you know, many managers who are engaging with Portfolio Companies around climate risk but perhaps not formally through that initiative. Okay. And then my other concern is, we talked about diversity and i like what youve done in terms of the work around that. Do we use that same [indiscernible] in terms of rps and other things, do we really apply the sfers criteria for the type of diversity were looking for across the board, including [indiscernible] and other sectors . I cant fully comment on that. I guess what i can say is, you know, there is proposition 209 in place in california i know. Thats why i i know. Up to a vote, thats in november. But we do not i want to make clear that we do not ask about diversity characteristics when we send out an rfp or enter a new relationship or a new contract with an external party. Were wanting to be not running afoul of distortion . The board is engaging, we do request
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Theres some interesting things in the Options Market that could keep the market down for a bit of time. I do think people are underestimating, a, youve got a good economy with a tremendous amount of stimulus coming in and i think that will continue to drive the market higher. Plus youve got a dynamic where the fed has made much of the fixed income market on investable with treasury and mortgages where they are today, when you take the earnings yield well into the 4 off next years earnings that is a pretty attractive asset class and i think it will propel the market higher so election uncertainty doesnt matter much in the near term stimulus talks, negotiations may not. How does that factor in . Its a big call that you make. Youre the one that suggests in our notes today that it mossably could happen or at least start before the election. Yeah. I mean, so listen, the election the election does matter i think what people have started to realize, since the last time i was on your show weve
A market is going to shrink and shrink and so we look like greece looks up in the last 5 years the think of the normal slipping away groups that if lation and rent this lady should be ok stephen well im really glad that michael brought up the 2008 financial crisis as we have a reputation a reputation about it and it in this year where this was a artificially induced recession benefited the one percent you cant not keep stressing that year but what 202020 in 2008 have been common is that you have this massive transfer of wealth upward again upward again ok and so again i mean my underlying theme in this whole program is that half the country liberate speaking specifically about the United States that michaels reference to greece is a perfect one i think youre basically writing off tens of millions of people america hundreds of millions of people in the western more heads yeah i mean to do the work which sane. Is a process where the wealthy who go will they go through debts and this is s
It appears what is called the case shaped recovery is permanently dividing the country and to haves and have nots and this seems to be acceptable for those who are the house. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest Michael Hudson in new york is a professor of economics at the university of missouri kansas city and author of through give them their debts and in bangkok were joined by steve keen hes a crowdfunding professor of economics on a tree on as well as a distinguished Research Fellow of the institute for strategy resilience and security of University College london gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok let me go to michael in new york you know this just term the new normal. Bandied about and what really worries me is the people that use the new normal where its a normal that is beneficial to them ok and theyre not particularly concerned about it ok because i hear more and more talk read more and more