Good evening, everybody. My name is katie willard, and im part of the event staff here at politics and prose. Before we begin, id like to go over a few announcements. Announcements. Please type in your cellphones and other boys making devices. Not only is it courteous to the author, but we are also on cspan tonight, so you do not want to be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. Second, during the questionandanswer portion and in the interest of our video and audio recording if you could come up to the microphone over here and it is right here by the pillar that way we can all hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion afterwards. Lastly, once everything is done if you could please fold up your chairs and place them against something solid, our staff, as in me, would greatly appreciate that. Tonight im pleased to introduce jared cohen to politics and prose. The founder and ceo of jigsaw alphabet inc. As well as an adjunct senior fellow at the council of foreign relations. H
We are live in brussels. Manus warm welcome to daybreak europe, from london and abu dhabi. One thing we have to get our heads around, have we got a little overly exuberant about riskon a little too soon7the world bank comes out with their growth report. Looking into the depths of it, it is a world we havent seen since 1990. China, under 6 growth. Nejra good morning, and great to see you. We got factory numbers from germany causing some concern. The eurozone, another flashpoint. Going back to jim littell risk, geopolitical risk, it looks like for now we will not see further escalation between iran and the u. S. , but the risk of proxy war is still there, and as the investigation happens into the boeing crash as well, if that becomes a clinical headache for iran you wonder if they could feed into wider risk in the region as well. Manus yes. The question for markets here is whether there will be plentiful supply. Headlines,e, red well delve deeper shortly. Innate pharma, a big miss. The m
Be the person whose phone goes off on cspan. During the question and answer portion in the interest of the video and audio recording if you could come up to the microphone over here its right here that way we can all hear your questions and engage in a nice discussion afterwards. Last once everything is done if you could fold up your chairs and place them against something solid im pleased to introduce the founder and ceo at alphabet inc. New york times bestselling coauthor with eric schmidt of the new digital age and has written several books on his own including the children of jihad. One of the great lessons of american politics that ive learned is the tale of two brothers. The Vice President isnt relegated to obscurity, namely when the president com, the pres president dies. In his newest bestselling book accidental president , he examines the legacies of these eight men john tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, perry truman
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