West africa, the organization builds teaching hospitals, tends to the sick and reforms entire health care systems. Today partners in health makes 800. Thousand home visits per year. It provides checkups to a million women around the world. The goal, making sure whether we live or die is not turn on how much we have. On todays bloomberg Big Decisions , dr. Paul farmer. Welcome to blue berke bates decisions welcome to bloomberg Big Decisions. You have a career dedicated to charity and medical science paired which came first . Dr. Farmer probably charity. When i was a kid i thought i wanted to be a doctor. We did not have doctors in the family and i had never been to a doctor but i had this idea, probably from television. The charity part was something i learned from my parents who had limited means at a large family, but were involved in charity. My father, particular, was interested in what, in that day, was called retarded people are retarded citizens. And he drags all of his kids into
Now, georgescu has a new mission. Having seen the worst socialism has to offer and what capitalism at its best can mean for those in need, hes urging corporations to return to pursuing the best for all their stakeholders shareholders, workers, customers and society at large. On todays big decisions, Peter Georgescu. Welcome to bloomberg big decisions. Great to have you here. Socialism these days. It strikes me you have a personal experience with socialism going way back in your childhood. Tell us about it. Peter well, i was prepared for socialism by being born in just as the Second World War started and i arrived in 1939 just as the war got to be big and real. I was born from romanian parents, both of them, one educated in london. My father became a petroleum engineer, came to romania, became general manager of the Largest Oil Field in romania which is owned by standard oil in new jersey. Exxon. The germans came into romania and the nazi supervising regime put him in jail. My father wo
Doctor wright is going to be interviewed by one of the best interviewers i know who has his own show on bloomberg, the National Book festival cochair and a very generous supporter of mr. David rubenstein. Please welcome both of them. [applause] and thank you and enjoy. Thank you to everybody and thanks for being here. [applause] you have been out of the government for nine years. To tell us what youve been doing other than writing three best selling doughnuts but other than that you are teaching at stanford. It is what i consider to be my profession i started as an assistant professor and returned to stanford and my appointment is in the Business School that i teach both business and undergraduates and a course in American Foreign policy. Ive been able to do a little bit of work in the private sector and i am spending a lot more time practicing piano because that is a great love and im trying to improve my golf handicap. Speaking of the golf handicap you are one of the first few women
Probably a net good thing. Host at the same time its not going to change back to what it was before. Weare where we are so the question is really , there are companies now that in recent comes months, Big Companies and at t was one of them that says were not going to give quarterly updates. We will tell you where we are going, you want to join us, join us but were not going to give you every quarter guidance and predictions. Thats no way to make good, healthy longterm decisionmaking. Host next call comes from symphony cynthia, oak ridge new jersey, you are on tv, please go ahead. Caller mister friedman, i had heard you speak and you talk about Lifelong Learning and i agree with that completely. But i am 63 years old and i have a lot of trouble dealing with the computers and i live on a fixed income of less than 1100 a month and i have tried to teach myself and i just dont have anyone to help me. So how do you direct people like me with fixed incomes and not, who grew up with the techno
Specialist can do. It really comes down to the primary care physicians. Dr. Helen ouyang is an emergency room doctor and harpers magazine contributor. We have been speaking above her piece for this week was the spotlight on magazines. Time. You so much for coming up, were taking your calls on this weeks news. Give us a call. Democrats, call 202 7488000. Republicans, call 202 7488001. Independents can reach us at 202 7488002. We are on twitter cspanwj. And we are on facebook, on facebook. Com cspan. Just a quick programming note, you can watch president trumps commissioning of the uss ford live in oracle, virginia on cspan and on cspan. Org. Here is first lady beth truman from a video from our first ladies are made 30th, 1945, bottl with and airplane champagne bottle. It did not go as [ ;ammed as planned. Mrs. Truman is in for a surprise. By oversight, the champagne bottle, like this one, has not been properly prepared. Etched to break the glass on impact. Now mrs. Truman, unaware that