That the American Financial system. Kind of in 1858 in lynchburg virginia and grew up in the reconstruction self. Is this policy on the role of government was shaped by the views of thomas jefferson. For just 70 miles north. From 1903 until the early 1940s they played a key role in every important legislative debate. Its colleagues in the house, later in the senate, both democrats and republicans, as the go to expert when it came to baking issues. Our glass was a consummate politician. He was an expert when it came to reading the political tea leaf and crafting compromises that could be passed into law. He was wheeling to empower the federal government in his judgment circumstances were warranted. Twelve roosevelt progressive, he shepherded the most important progressive new deal reforms through the senate. Turn class had assault, he can be grumpy, but mostly in private. He was not a proponent of racial equality and thats putting it mildly. And he was a democrat. That was a joke. [laug
[background sounds] good afternoon, good afternoon and we will to the American Enterprise is to do. My name is paul, im an aei resident scholar and Financial Services of the organizer of todays events. This afternoon i am pleased to host matthew sake to discuss his new biography of carter glass. One of the most influential politicians of his time, and architect of key legislation that the American Financial system. Kind of in 1858 in lynchburg virginia and grew up in the reconstruction self. Is this policy on the role of government was shaped by the views of thomas jefferson. For just 70 miles north. From 1903 until the early 1940s they played a key role in every important legislative debate. Its colleagues in the house, later in the senate, both democrats and republicans, as the go to expert when it came to baking issues. Our glass was a consummate politician. He was an expert when it came to reading the political tea leaf and crafting compromises that could be passed into law. He was
See. Workshop hathaway, Warren Buffett said he needs a quiet 2017. Betty it has been everything but quiet in the equity markets these days. Out, but it to close want to point to you a chart. G btv 9668, which is what we have seen for huge amounts of price swings in the equity market. If anybody doubted whether or not volatility was here to stay, just look at this chart here it it shows you the difference between the highs and lows on average on the s p fearing s p. Right, butett is 2018 is a totally different story. You just saw on the righthand side with how big those differences are in the highs and the lows. You can see that even on friday, the s p rising by 1. 6 . The dow swinging back with these huge gains 350 points. The nasdaq also rising by 2 . It will be interesting to see, with all the news coming up this week, what price action we will get starting monday in the u. S. Yvonne it seems like we bucked that trend selling on friday. The relief are a lot of equity traders. A lot o
9th, that crazy friday, our reporters are standing by breaking down the market since then Bertha Coombs and bob pisani i think the important thick is weve seen quite a recovery in the markets but not for everything let me show you a few charts jpmorgan, a big recovery remember what happened on february 1st it was like 117 then goes down to 104 on the 5thand its com back around 116 thats a roundtrip. Also boeing another big one, 357 on february 1st 317 on the 5th. Thats a 40 drop, back to where it is, roughly 356 or so. Theres a roundtrip some stuff hasnt recovered the consumer names havent recovered. Cocacola goes to 82 and its hovering around that exxon, the oil stocks have had a hard time. 89 down to 73. That hasnt recovered. Part is on the fact that oil didnt have a big bounce heres the important thing the s p on the whole has recovered a large part of its losses we lost almost 300 points from the high to the low on the s p and you can see all the numbers were looking at the importa
Today at 5 a state of emergency is declared as australias bush fires rage and the death toll rises. There are fears that a heatwave forecast for this weekend could make the crisis even worse. Australias Prime Minister Scott Morrison cuts short a visit to one devastated community as people there heckle him. How come we only had four trucks to defend our town and . We dont have a lot of money but we have hearts of gold, mr Prime Minister is julias army and navy are evacuating as thousands flee from the flames. The other stories on bbc news at 5. Delays and cancellations on the railways but fares still go up from today by an average
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