Seminar we try to provide. I am christian ostermann. I direct the policy center here at the Wilson Center and i have the honor of cochairing this with my colleague eric arnesen, from washington university. This is a joint initiative between the National History center and the history and Public Policy program here. We are in our ninth year. I hope to see many of you again for future sessions. Let me thank the Lepage Center for public interest, as well as the George Washington history department. We also want to thank a number of anonymous donors who make these meetings possible and we welcome contributions from all of you in our audience. Details are in the back of the flyer. A couple people who do the heavy lifting behind the scenes. Rachel wheatley, the assistant director of the National History Center Rachel are you here today . Where are you . Thank you. As well as our talented interns, who you will meet during the q a. They will help with microphones. We finally want to acknowledg
Socialism sucks, is more irreverent than most Public Policy books we usually organize events around here at cato but i can assure you the authors we are featuring today are serious accomplished economists with decades of scholarly work. Inevitably, they have drinksn their hand, probably because we chat at receptions, hotel bars and the like. But the conversation is always interesting, informative, and fun. Thats also true of this new book. This is a light book about a heavy topic. So its fortunate, fortuitous rather, that we are featuring today on the birthday of the late milton friedman, one of the greatest economist of the 20th century and the champion of economic and overall human freedom. We were lucky to have known him, or some of us to have worked with him to a limited degree. Im sure he, too, would agree with the title of the book, though i i cant really recallm ever putting his opposition to socialism in quite those terms. Today, socialism has gained an appeal among some americ
What impact is corona virus having on the worlds climate and with planes grounded Industrial Production reduced and emissions declined are there lessons the pandemic can teach us about living with nature moving forward this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im Richelle Carey and yes capital is one of the worlds most polluted cities but its guys have turned blue and many people can see the himalayan mountains for the 1st time and Italys Venice canal water is so clear this can easily be seen all this is an unexpected upside of the Coronavirus Crisis and its proved Global Air Quality can be dramatically improved and fast the changes been created by lockdowns that have grounded flights and shut down factories but environmentalists warn it could be only temporary climate talks have been delayed because of the outbreak and its fear countries could prioritize human and economic welfare before that of the environment many are questioning whether the world will just go back to b
The committee will come to order. The company is leaving today to receive testimony on confronting the coronavirus, without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee and recess at any point. Today the committee is meeting to hear from medical experts about how our country can best confront the coronavirus. Americans are justifiably concerned about the virus. It is spread around the world and claimed lives of thousands. Understandably, there questions about how how it may affect them, their loved ones in their communities. Our concern how concerned we need to be about the virus. It is most at risk. What can communities do to prepare. What can americans do to protect themselves and their families. What is the fellow government doing. What more should be doing. When might we have a vaccine or other treatment. My constituents are looking to the federal government for leadership, guidance and expertise and i share my colleagues constituents two. I am concerned that the Tru
Hello and welcome to cross talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle russian president Vladimir Putin has proposed some important political reforms what are they what are their significance importantly why now and what about the claim of clinging to power. Across talking some real news im joined by my guest shes a political analyst and editor and you know smee internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material hes a writer on Legal Affairs as well as entertainer in chief of the duran dot com our german crosstalk rose in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate i want to break up this program into 2 parts i want to talk about what these reforms are their significance and then i want to look at the critique in criticism of them on all sides ok let me 1st go to alexander macarius in london. This is a bombshell and really is what are the most important reforms. Mentioned proposed that will be voted on by the electorate maybe some