the same workplaces they left almost 20 months ago and the same routines. but what would work look like if we started from scratch and reimagined it entirely? i ll ask the former usa today editor in chief, joann litman. can we redesign the workplace similar to the way it is today? if we could redesign the campus, what would we end up with, and what is the future of schooling? i ll talk to former education secretary, arnie duncan. the vast majority of students want to be around their friends, want to be with the teacher, need those human relationships, need that human contact, and the fact we ve denied them that for so long is extraordinarily tough. also, covid-19 hit some cities hard. new york, new delhi, jakarta. many predicted the death of urban areas. the governor the florida rejects those ideas and says we will see a reset. urbanization is it a wonderful thing. it is the thing we created as human beings when we cluster together, when we increase density, we be
same routines. but what would work look like if we started from scratch and reimagined it entirely? i ll ask the former usa today editor in chief, joanne lipman. can we reinvent the workforce in a way that makes much more sense for today. similarly, if we could redesign the campus and the classroom, what would we end up with and what is the future of schooling? i ll talk to former education secretary, arne duncan. the vast majority of students want to be around their friends, want to be with the teacher, need those human relationships, need that human contact, and the fact we ve denied them that for so long is extraordinarily tough. also, covid-19 hit some cities hard. new york and delhi, jakarta. many predicted the death of urban areas. scholar richard florida rejects those rumors and says instead we ll see a great urban reset. urbanization is it a wonderful thing. it is the thing we created as human beings when we cluster together, when we increase density, we b
good morning welcome to squawk box. i m becky quick along with yoe kernen and mike santoli. andrew is off today. we ll start things off with the stock futures after some positive vaccine news drove the dow and s&p 500 to record highs. dow giving back some of that ground, down by about 100 point, but remember how far they have marched for the last three weeks. s&p is indicated down by about 14 points and then the nasdaq is indicated up by about 12 points. we do have some breaking news from amazon and better that coocoo bertha coombs ohas that story they are launching a full online pharmacy building on its acquisition of pill pack the new pharmacy is in-network with major insurers and medicare and patients can pay for their prescription co-pays with funds from their health savings accounts just like they were at any pharmacy and they can confer with pharmacists online or over the phone about their prescriptions. prime members get free two day shipping, patients who needs me
half hour, joining us for questions. if you had to pick one, would you rather buy gold or bitcoin a lot going on this morning on squauchl that s actually a game we play on fast money would you rather that answer, the day after bitcoin crosses, particularly saling at the section. what i like best when they move in the opposite direction with pops and drops. was that not a fast money that is like classic fast money circa 2007 classics are the best that is peered the way they are moving together. the way of the digital gold story. we ve got all of this money printing the depth of the crisis getting down to 4,500? i think lower like 3,500. i wanted to ask you i don t know where you are i don t want to know what type of lease arrangements have you seen. when are they coming back to work at google summer 2021 what is it now? summer of 2020 it is a year from now google, alphabet is the most out there. facebook is june 30, 2021. i wonder if all the big tech comp
other. yesterday, down over 200 adding that, you are down more than 1,000 points of decline in early session right now. we ll see what the market does as we get close tore reopening and of course to the closing bell today s&p 500 down 33 and nasdaq down 101. the central bank indicated it would keep interest rates near zero projected that the u.s. economy will shrink by 6.5% in 2020. they do see a gain they are expected by 5% in 2021 followed by 3.5% gain in 2022 and will continue increasing bond holdings and mortgage backed securities at $40 billion a month. take a look at the 10-year note, yield now sitting at 0.698%. crude oil prices have also come down a little too. wti is down about 3% this morning. ticking at 38.38 a lot of this is because of what the fed is you no saying you are really expecting some tough economic sledding. the news out of 12, 13 states probably not great either. i think it would be hard for me to sell right now. you wait around. we don t invest. you