Notes, you can purchase. Tonights books by clicking on the green button below the speakers and we encourage everyone to do that to support our authors and also politics and prose. Tonight were going to encourage you to ask questions which many have. The back portion of our event will be dedicated to your questions as you click on the ask a question with the bond you can see where people have asked questions and you can vote most interested in hearingour authors answer. Lastly just a reminder that you can see us but we cannot see you so feel free to relax and get comfortable. So without further ado, it is my honor to welcome Stephanie Kelton, professor of economics and Public Policy at new york at stony brook. Shes here to discuss her new book the deficit myth. Tonight we are also luckyto be joined by Zachary Carter who is Senior Reporter at the Huffington Post andcovers congress, the white house and Economic Policy. Tonight he will be discussing his book the price of peace. Without any
Tonight we encourage you to ask questions. The back portion of our event will be dedicated to your questions. At the bottom, you have seen where people have already asked question and you can vote on the questions that youre most interested in hearing our authors answer. And, lastly, reminder to everyone that you can see us, but we cannot see you. Feel free to relax and get comfortable. Tonight shes here with her new book. Tonight we are also joined by Zachary Carter where he covers congress, white house, tonight he will discuss price is king. So without further due i introduce stephanie and zachary. There was a tweet from lincoln public, antitrump republicans, how donald trump had run up 18. 17 billion of debt, theres columns in wall street journal, New York Times about debt, debt, but your book calls of deficit as a myth. What do you mean of by the deficit myth and why do you think its important to write at this time. Pleasure to be with you. First, let me start by saying increasing
Tonight we will encourage you to ask questions which many of you already have. The portion of the event will be dedicated to questions where people have already asked questions and you can vote on those you are most interested in hearing the authors answer. And last you can see us but we cannot see you so feel free to relax and get comfortable. Without further ado, it is my honor to welcome the professor of economics at the State University and contributing columnist to discuss her book. We are also looking to be joined by the Senior Reporter at the post where he covers congress, the white house Economic Policy and discussing the book the price of peace money, democracy and the life of john maynard keynes. Hello, everybody. Nice to be with you. I want to start by talking with stephanie about her book called the deficit myth. A when i listen to the economic commentary there is a talk about the debt and deficit. There was a visit from the link in the project that was antitrump republican
And by contributions to this pbs stion om viewers like you. Thank you. Anchor this is bbc world news america. I am Laura Trevelyan reporting the u. S. Now has than one million coronavirus cases, one third of global infections. The milestone comes as states continue to loosen lockdowns. France will ease restrictions next month but masks will remain a way of life. Understanding immunity. A look at whether you can get covid19 a second time aft youve already recovered. Us, historical ties between jobs and health care in the u. S. Are leaving millions uninsured. We look at why americans get medical cover from employers. Laura for all of you watching on pbs and around the welcome to world news america the u. S. Is the epicenter of the global coronavirusea out with more than one million known infections. President trump claims the u. S. Has more c because it is doing more testing in new york, 3 people died yesterday, a big drop from two weeks ago. Sl t comes as more states move toward reopeni
Joins me from here in los angeles i want to what are we what it what are you saying york times right to you as a koran a koran a virus doubter what are you doubting. Right and im not doubting anything that im doubting the New York Times got its facts correct because from the beginning i what ive been saying is dont let the press panic you the New York Times for instance has been continuing to put the Imperial College of londons doomsday scenarios on their front page until well into last week when as a result of what ive been advocating follow dr fatties advice follow the c. D. C. The device we will be fine it will be nothing like the doomsday scenarios that theyre painting now we are doing what we need to do we are following dr found shape and those ridiculous estimates are being proven to be wrong and based on false assumptions so i was just saying look the panic is going to be worse than the condition and now youve got the president saying something similar the treatment could be wor