Uch more going on in this hour, chair yellen will join us. I will ask about the speculation of her taking a position within the biden administration. Yes, we will talk about Climate Change and the Nobel Laureates process. I want to go to the equity markets right now, and ben laidler talking about a multiple. Is this morning the beginning of a melt up . Jonathan not for me to call that. The habit talk around the happy talk around more stimulus, maybe. This market just wants to go higher. Market participants find a narrative to tell us why is going higher. Three months ago, a blue wave was bearish. Three months forward, a blue wave potentially is now bullish. I think that is this i think that is just the mood of market because of its right now. Tom what is so important then is to see the china gdp statistic today. 4. X percent is 4. X percent. Jonathan we have been talking about the Global Economy as one complete entity. There is so much divergence right now. The chinese economy is reall
Brian amity shlaes, why do we spend so much time in this country, and on our network, and in your life, talking about president s . Ms. Shlaes thank you, brian. Im glad to be with you and with harold. We talk about president s because people understand People Better than ideas. And we eventually want to get to ideas, but we get at those ideas through people, our president s. Brian dr. Holzer, im often i often want to call you even though youre not a doctor. Mr. Holzer thank you for that mixed introduction. Thank you for having me on the show, and welcome to Franklin Roosevelts home, from which we are broadcasting tonight. Why . I think amity has it right. I also think that we were blessed to have a first president who was a National Hero before he became president , and was a touchstone and an icon and created a presidency that was centered on both personality and ideas, but in large measure, personality. Everyone since has been measured against George Washington. And we look for extra
Through people, our president s. Brian dr. Holzer, im often i want to call you you even though youre not a doctor. Harold thank you for that mixed introduction. And thank you for having me on the show and welcome to Franklin Roosevelts home from which we are broadcasting tonight. Why . I think amity has it right. I also think that we were blessed to have a first president who was a National Hero before he became president , and was a touchstone and an icon and created a presidency that was centered on both personality and ideas, but in large measure, personality. Everyone since has been measured against george washington. And we look for extraordinary guidance, leadership, and inspiration from these, so far, men. Brian talk about this house in a second, but i want to ask amity, is there a house anywhere for Calvin Coolidge . Amity there is a house for Calvin Coolidge in Plymouth Notch, vermont. Thats near killington. Its near woodstock, vermont, if those are important points for you. A
Host theyve introduced us and told them who we are so we can just Start Talking about your book. The best way to do that is to talk about its author because its a book that makes an argument that depends on the life of the author so we need to know about who you are. But lets talk about that. Anyways, he might want to talk about how you think about your own life. Lets start with, you grew up in new jersey and you grew up and how did your parents get to new jersey and who were they . Guest im the son of a black man, segregated south and my father is 82 years old, born in 1937 in longview, texas and raised in galveston. This was under jim crow and segregation. He moved to the west as soon as he could and was running war on Poverty Programs under Lyndon Johnson Great Society initiative and met my mother who is nine years his junior and san diego where he headed up a Poverty Program and she was fresh out of College Grade she is the daughter of evangelical christians but her father is a min
Colonist, contributor to the wall street journal at the manhattan institute, fox newsey contributor among your books i want to begin where your book concludes because you say the following quote, liberalism as succeeded tragically in convincing blacks to see themselves first and foremost as victims. Yes, i believe that is a big part of a political strategy actually. They have been added for some time and unfortunately they have had a lot of success in painting blacks as primarily f victims ad as defined by their demise asian first and foremost and then thei followup of course is that we have a Government Program or government solution to help you overcome your victimhood so its a political strategy. Your book writes about this and they have been a number of essays in Lyndon Johnson in the Great Society and wasnt a failure or success . I think if you look at the actual track record of the program and if you look at the goals that the objectives that were stated at the time you would hav