Are arthur laffer, stephen moore, and edwin meese iii. Good evening everybody, thank you so much for joining us today. Its my pleasure to welcome everybody todays event, a celebration of the 40 Year Anniversary of the reagan tax cuts. I met dickerson, director of the grover and, here at the Heritage Foundation. We focused our research on issues related to taxes and spending, i think theres been a little too much about those going on recently. But were very happy to be hosting this event, the celebration. The economic recovery tax act, which is a positive change in tax dollars, yes. But it represented much more than that. It was a change in the mindset. In the 1970s where a time of i inflation, high unemployment, low one opportunity. Our leaders rejected the idea of american greatness, i thought the American Dream was behind us. 30 years ago, the Heritage Foundation hosted the celebration for the tenth anniversary of the tax cuts, it was titled the importance of americas victory over wa
anna: good morning, everybody. bloomberg it is bloomberg daybreak: europe. the market choosing to focus on the positive around level growth. the chinese growth story we covered in detail yesterday. the risk of a shutdown in the united states. senate democrats may be in the steering seat for that one. inflation, inflation, inflation is the big talking point this week, in particular today. mex in here moving in the other direction, down one point 22%. down 1.2%. that is on a meeting taking place, opec and friends meeting in moscow over the weekend. getting news there. the story around the bond markets and inflation, u.s. 10-year yields at two points at 2.6%. trump thes shutdown inflation jitters? it seems the other way around. this is the demand that is 10-yearthe 30-year breakeven spreads, and this is a gauge of inflation expectations. subzero for the first time since 2013. what is in the backdrop to this? bond traders were clamoring to buy inflation protection. t
the future of political parties. we will hear from townhall.com s guy benson and other commentators. [applause] host i am supposed to remind you : again to turn off your cell phones. i want to introduce each panelist. .nd this is a fabulous panel you guys are so lucky. such a wide range of political, experience, and writing, an office, and investors, and investigative journalists. i will just go through a little bio on each of the panelists and then we will get started. i will start with joe sexton on the very end, a senior editor at republican new york city, an independent nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest. the organization has won three: the organization has won three pulitzer prizes. i think they just want another one. 2013, heore joining in worked for 25 years as a reporter and editor of the vehicle the new york times. he has served as a metropolitan editor at the times from 2006-2011. his staff won two pulitzer 2013. fr
and former legislators develop coolidge or reagan, which former president is the better model for gop candidates today. they discuss their commitment to small government and the economy. calvin coolidge presidential foundation and the new hampshire institute of politics hosted this hour and 15-minute event. thank you very much. it s nice to be back in new hampshire again. some of you may be wondering, asking yourselves as you re sitting there, why would they invite a guy like me to moderate this debate. two reasons. number one, to demonstrate once again that standards are falling everywhere. [ laughter ] and number two, because i have a lineage with the coolidge family. my first name is john. my middle name is calvin. i was named after the coolidge s two sons. and the reason for that is that my grandfather and mrs. coolidge, grace good hugh coolidge, were first cousins and they double dated their respective soon to be spouses and one of my favorite of many stories was my
challenge things. thank you. [ applause ] coming up on american history tv on c-span 3, programs about the presidency. next, two debates on presidents coolidge and reagan. historians and students debate which president is a better model for republican candidates today. jimmy carter joins a tribute to vice president walter mondale. the donation of a paper crane donated by a japanese child who died of leukemia after the hiroshi ma bombing. coming up next, historians and former legislators develop coolidge or reagan, which former president is the better model for gop candidates today. they discuss their commitment to small government and the economy. calvin coolidge presidential foundation and the new hampshire institute of politics hosted this hour and 15-minute event. thank you very much. it s nice to be back in new hampshire again. some of you may be wondering, asking yourselves as you re sitting there, why would they invite a guy like me to moderate this debate. t