Me as a Landmark Book on mutual funds by Oxford University press early in the last decade. He followed it up with this book just last year, the unlikely reformer carter glass and financial regulation. The format today, matt is going to talk for however long, we have a few images to supplement his discourse and then you will take some questions, right . So come on up. applause id like to take chuck and the other people for having me here today. I live in cherry chase, maryland and i did not want to drive and look for parking space so i called a lift and they came within a minute. I was barely putting on a tie in learning how to tie a tie again. When i got in the lift as hes pulling away, i realize i did not put a belt on my trousers. I had visions here being on cspan with my trousers falling down. Luckily chuck and one of his colleagues brought me a belt. You are safe from that at least not for my speech. I will talk for 20, 25 minutes and then take some questions. Carter glass was a ma
Timothy carneys new book and a discussion about its claims and i think you will find both tims remarks and the panel of interest particularly timely given the moment we find ourselves in strictly right now so i look forward to the discussion. Tim is going to come out and offer a few words and then he will be followed with a Panel Discussion withCharles Murray who is known to probably everybody here. Hes a high chair and Cultural Studies here at aei and Megan Mcardle who is probably known to all of you, Washington Post columnist with a lot to say on this issue as well. Tim is a visiting fellow here at aei and hes also the commentary editor at the Washington Examiner where hes been a columnist for a while and you are all aware of his columns to his previous books on cronyism are what any of you probably know him for. The big ripoff and obamanomics. But this new book alienated america is a New Enterprise for him, adeep dive into whats going on in the heartland and im holding this book up
Im sorry so much going to thank you for joining us a long list of conflicts and uncertainty over the wests role in the world those are the top issues at the Munich Security Conference that is kicking off this hour a World Leaders top Security Experts diplomats are all now gathering for the central meeting in southern germany on everyones mind the big global issues the war in syria where a government offensive and it live has triggered a full blown humanitarian crisis another issue concerns over the shrinking influence of the west in shaping Global Security it is even spawned a new term west lists next. And we have our chief Political Editor michelle you look at the Munich Security Conference for us where she is watching in on everything thats happening there for us jaime said and i want to ask you about that term west listener what are people there saying about this. Well many feel that it is kind of appropriate and thats exactly what the security conference always aims to do is kind o
President trump is expected to sign the bill into law. Jay powell saw elevated threats including Global Growth and trade. Sophie macro uncertainty over trade in hong kong certainly looming large, given what we stocks. N so far in ozzie shares opening to the. 1 after being tracked lower wednesday. Aussie bonds are climbing for a Third Session tracking the rally we saw in treasuries overnight, to flatten. Ontinued the move to the downside while treasury futures a fourthing a bid for straight session. All itsstronger against peers. Checking in on what is going on im actually looking at the terminal right here because i wanted to show you it is testing the 100day moving average, some that level. We are hearing google is changing its political add policy, limiting audience targeting. We know twitter has been political ads on its platform. We know facebook has not, but we google will no longer allow political advertisers to target voters because of political affiliation. The company said it
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