Rob, you are coming up here, too. We are arranging ourselves. Welcome to the Wilson Center. I am jane harman, the the prest and ceo. I am a recovering politician. Happy to be a recovering politician but its not an easy job. Heading this place is an absolute joy because this place leverages Woodrow Wilson two presence, two passions which were scholarship and policy. Thats the intersection of the book were going to talk about today. And its just my pleasure to introduce this and introduce a friend of many of hours, rocket man. Ill explain why called him rocket man. And that is because theres a movie, has anyone seen the movie, the elton john movie . Dan and i sat next to each other recently at the elton john movie, which is great, recommend it. And dance at a written this book and it would want to come to the wilson sent and talk about the book. Rocket man is here and he will talk about this book. He asked as i think emily knows, you got that cheat sheet writer, you all memorized it with
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I think its worth taking time to point out the bright side of this sell off, which is principle participated, participated by a crime, something we like, a decline in oil. The fact of the matter is weve had this epic here and we were due for a profit taking. You know what . It would have been surprising if we didnt sell off after the gains this quarter so dont pay too much attention to those who wine and how this decline in oil indicates the Global Economy is doing worse than we thought. You hear a lot of these gripes on an ugly day like today but i think it obscures the hard work and intelligence of the many executives who are dedicated to exploring your own companys opportunities regardless of the backdrop. Im talking about companies that can pay up for on days like today because the growth is not dependent on the oil of larger issues that everyone is always fretting about. These are the kinds of Companies Whose stocks you should think about buying into the broad market wide sell off
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