open with a quote from frederick hayek the source of all monetary evil is the government monopoly on the issue and control of money. is there an alternative to the government controlling money? quick there sure is. gold is the most obvious alternative because money is a measure. it has to measure value and it can be a part of what it measures and if they treated as atreat it asan economic bond toe entrepreneurs about the meaning of the crucial price signals that govern all of their opportunities, then you have the kind of stagnation we are experiencing today, and it s a worldwide stagnation which means it s not simply the policy of the united states, capitalism around the world and be systemic affliction is the meaning of money, so this grows old valuation into question because it s like we float money today and international exchange trading today, trading currency back and forth is 73 times bigger than all of the trade in goods and services put together. it s 25 times big
good evening everyone and welcome. i am the director of the research library and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the library we are pleased to have cathy davidson with us this evening, the author of the critically important book of the new education how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux. the distinguished professor at the city university of new york at the director of the futures initiative program prior to joining the faculty sh she felt they shared a professorship at the vice president for disciplinary studies at duke university. serving on the corporation the developer as you probably know on the firefox web browser and the underwriter of a community of open source developers appointed by president obama through the national council on the humanities and was the 2016 recipient of the award for significant contributions to higher education. all of that you probably know it in any case you can read it in the program should you wish
libraryw education how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux. the distinguished professor at the city university of new york at the director of the futures initiative program prior to joining the faculty sh she felt they shared a professorship at the vice president for disciplinary studies at duke university. serving on the corporation the developer as you probably know on the firefox web browser and the underwriter of a community of open source developers appointed by president obama through the national council on the humanities and was the 2016 recipient of the award for significant contributions to higher education. all of that you probably know it in any case you can read it in the program should you wish to refresh your memory. it s important to understand as the grange and its measure, its consequence. it has been emptied of meaning by frequent misuse speaking to my grandson about the robust trucks to turn to dinosaurs or when i m refu
york city at the new york public library. good evening everyone and welcome. i am the director of the research library and it is my pleasure to welcome you to the library we are pleased to have cathy davidson with us this evening, the author of the critically important book of the new education how to revolutionize the university to prepare students for a world in flux. the distinguished professor at the city university of new york at the director of the futures initiative program prior to joining the faculty sh she felt they shared a professorship at the vice president for disciplinary studies at duke university. serving on the corporation the developer as you probably know on the firefox web browser and the underwriter of a community of open source developers appointed by president obama through the national council on the humanities and was the 2016 recipient of the award for significant contributions to higher education. all of that you probably know it in any case you
question but we have a microphone here and if you could please get up and use the microphone, then he gets recorded and a bullet else can hear the question and the answer. so thank you in advance for that. finally, we have two more events today, sometimes as beautiful the pictures but if you could not today that would be awesome. thanks. if you enjoy this event with about 500 of author events a year to check out our november, december events calendar. sign up for an email and also we opened up a bookstore at the wharf. if you haven t been there, it s been three weeks, check it out. with author events there and it s a beautiful space to hold great events. it s worth the visit. that s all the boring stuff. i m excited to be introducing beverly daniel tatum dr. tatum is a clinical psychologist in research, black families of my commute, racial identity, and the role of race in the classroom. the nationally recognized authority on racial issues in america she is toured extensively