You pull them together in this book with a larger argument about the failures of liberalism. I thought it might make sense for you to. [inaudible] reading a little bit from that introduction. Oh, sure. Absolutely. The emphasis in essays in this book were written in response to the Anglo American delusions that climaxed in brexit, the election of donald trump and, finally, a calamitous response to the covid19 outbreak. These range from the 19th century dream of imperial liberalism long championed by the colonists in which capital, goods, jobs and people freely circulate through the proclamation of an American Century of free trade and modernization, the attempt by american cold warriors to seduce [inaudible] away from communist revolution and into the gradual u. S. Alternative or consumer capitalism of democracy to the catastrophic humanitarian wars and demagoguic explosions of our times. Wrote in 1957 at the height of the cold war are the fanatics of western civilization who regard the
Stocks are performing right now. Lets begin with u. S. Equities. We have seen a little bit of a selloff today. S p 500 lower by 4 10 of a percent. Olivia we did get a secondquarter gdp report this morning. A little bit weaker than economist forecasted but there was an upgrade to the First Quarter. That is having a little bit of an impact on the treasury market. We will show you the yields on the short end by two or three basis points. People buying the long end of the curve there. The dollar index up about by one half of 1 . Trading at a fourmonth high on signs of the u. S. Economy. I think the recovery is continuing to affirm. Pimm economy did not contract. Lets take a look at some of the top headlines at this hour. The u. S. Economy gaining strength in the second quarter. Gdp rose to 2. 3 . That is slightly less than economist had expected but at the same time the Commerce Department to revise the First Quarter results higher and set of contracting. The economy grew 6 10 of a percent
Man. After 10 years in prison, Mikhail Khodorkovsky walks free. It may seems like writtens eike putin para restroika. Dont be so sure. Show for ericast and i for the year. We are going to talk about the blackberry. If you thought things cannot get worse, think again. Shares fell by more than 50 in the last quarter and losses were far worse than analysts anticipated. Are actually rising this morning thanks to a separate announcement about a new partnership with foxconn. We have julie hyman and cory johnson to break this down. Walk us through the foxconn partnership. Is a fiveyear partnership, foxconn will take over some manufacturing and help market the phones in indonesia and asia. Unclear about the financials in the conference call, how are they going to pay foxconn. There is some talk that maybe this would open more of a massmarket audience to blackberry products. It is not entirely clear. Still have a strategy. That has been their big struggle. They change their Business Model a few
Evidence that General Motors had a way to fix a dangerous defect years ago, but made a business decision not to use it. And together again. The dogs of sochi and the u. S. Olympian who fought to bring them home reunited. An emotional moment three weeks in the making today, friday, march 14th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a. In rockefeller plaza. And good morning, welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer along with tamron hall, al roker and willie geist. I think we need a playbook to figure out whos in here. Weve got savannah and natalie off today. Im right here. But we have puppies. We had a puppy party once in the orange room, but were having a puppy shower today. Because when you get a new baby, youve got to have a shower. Sometimes, it happens whether you like it or not. Thats gus kenworthy, the u. S. Olympian and silver medalist. Were going to check in with him. But we want to get right to our top s
Controllers. Those final words were all right. Good night. The hunt for flight 370 turns to the men in the cockpit. Investigators removing a flight simulator. Malaysian police say theyre investigating a flight engineer, one of the passengers aboard that plane. An earthquake struck California North of downtown los angeles. So far, no reports of any majormajo majorly damage. Some areas could see 10 inches. Like an april fools joke, right . Maybe well do of the snow. Delta 757 losing part of its wing while in the air from orlando to atlanta. Everyone is okay. Crimeans voted to become part of the russian federation. President obama said that the United States rejects the referendum result. Its corruption. Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. The navy s. E. A. L. Rescue in the Mediterranean Sea took control of a tanker seas. A black man named oreo is back to safety after being stranded on a seaside cliff in california. All that. Were in it now. The most exciting time of the ye