Trillions from washington, more printing by the fed, that is a shot in the arm for stocks. Look at this, the dow industrial is going up maybe 300 points plus at the opening bill. The s p up 33, nasdaq up close to 100 points. Investors are really shrugging off the new round of stay at home and lockdown orders. And restrictions, were new ones in new jersey, ohio and california. And, yes, another case of lawmaker hypocrisy. L. A. County supervisor sheila are cool voted to ban Outdoor Dining at restaurants and then promptly went out for an outdoor meal at her favorite restaurant in santa monica. Youd think theyd learn, wouldnt you . Weve got a big show for you. Were going to introuse you to monetary introduce you to monetary theory. You dont pay for anything. Youll meet the man who declared an autonomous zone around his bar. Now, that is defiance. And youll meet the california guy who is flipping burgers on the sidewalk because they shut his restaurant down. And today, yes, we have got a T
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
In climbing and shows no signs of slowing down. And just the last few days 19 states, 19 states reported record cases, including florida which sought more than 15000 new cases in a single day. Hospitalizations and deaths to the most concerning indicators of trumps failed response are already high and they are rising. It has gotten bad enough that even donald trump finally decided to wear a mask in public and im glad he made the shift. Mr. President is not enough. We wont be able to turn the corner and get American People back to work safely without president ial leadership. Mr. President , open everything now isnt a strategy for success. It is barely a slogan. Quit pushing the false choice between protecting our health, protecting our economy. All it does is endanger our recovery on both fronts and mr. President , please listen to your Public Health experts instead of denigrating them. Do your job, mr. President because if we cant deal with the Public Health crisis we cant deal with th
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