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I look at you at home a lot. Youve helped us really improve our business by the things you do. We have really had to have an experience with back and forth oh been, closed, up and down, happening with everybody across the country. We take a little step forward and then have to back up a little bit. Think that is the mold of the day as they would say. When we shut down we pivoted right away to online sales but it took a little while for that to happen. We quickly moved ourselves to online sales a...

In conversation. Part of our ongoing Virtual Event series. Were so fortunate to be able to be here with their authors and their writing. Every week we will be hosting an event via zoom. This evenings event well have your questions available. If you go to the check section. They have also included in the chat. And lastly. The technical logistics may come up. We apologize in advance for that. We will do our best to recall any issues. Im so pleased to introduce tonights the speaker. With the gradua...

First time. We are the oldest Historical Society in america dating back to 1791, independent Nonprofit Institution dedicating to publishing and sharing our nations history for the past 221 years, and amazing collection including papers of other us president s. We are working on a covid19 initiative to record the experience of a Diverse Group of people who live through these unusual times and make it available to future generations of researchers which weve taken hosting virtual programs, program...

By contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Some might say that Chuck Collins was born lucky in the stratosphere of economic class. When he was in his 20s, he gave it all away, donating his inheritance to charity, he made his own way and turned his life story into his mission. He currently leads the program on inequality and the common good at the institute for policy studies and the author of the book, born on third base and billionaire bonanza 2017, the forbes 400 an...

By contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Some might say that Chuck Collins was born lucky in the stratosphere of economic class. When he was in his 20s, he gave it all away, donating his inheritance to charity, he made his own way and turned his life story into his mission. He currently leads the program on inequality and the common good at the institute for policy studies and the author of the book, born on third base and billionaire bonanza 2017, the forbes 400 an...

At 11 11 p. M. We wrap up our primetime cover with reverend billy talent on his book, the earth once you. That happens tonight on cspans to the tv. First up, jane stone. Thank you chase. It is my pleasure to introduce our two speakers this evening. Jim stone earned his phd in economics at harvard and began his career teaching economics. He then took a lengthy foray into what we call the real world serving in government as massachusetts insurance commissioner from 1975 1979. And then a stream in ...

Let me jump right in by showing you a photo, getting a little personal here. But that is me when i started this book. You may be can see i dont look quite a young anymore. Im a little harrier. The funny thing is just after i decided to write this book, when i was in graduate school, someone mentioned to me the henry george tree in central park, and i said i did not know that. Five days later and walking through central park, its bigger than monaco, a large piece of land. Eached down to time issu...

Comparings new book our current government with the one of the founders intended. They used language of the republic of greece and around and they warned of corruption. Corruption was not bribery or money under the table, it was putting special interests ahead of the common good and by that definition, washington today is a massively corrupt place. Tonight at 8 00 on cspan. Ladythink every first shouldnt do something to help. Should do something to help everything in the white house should be th...

[inaudible] the role that [inaudible] have had in strengthening the Iraqi Kurdistan . You repeat that . Yes. If you could please comment on the role that exxon, the oil company exxonmobil. Yeah, sorry. Okay. Thank you. Exxon is one of a number of Large International Oil Companies that have signed exploration and production agreements with the regional government. They did that under threat from baghdad, that they might lose their positions and privilege to develop oil fields in parts of iraq. P....

That is not yet entirely politicized. In this polarized World Without the shock i noted people in the city but the most comprehensive Early Childhood Education Program in america is in oklahoma which is a deep red state so thats something we could do. Theres smaller things that we could do like mentoring for kids, and they dont mean drop by mentoring. The crucial thing but mentoring you know this is not have lunch once a year and say how are things going. You got to be in their lives supporting ...