i think the more interesting polis a larger, one in, which i admit to being a part of. as people have applied to harvard and didn t get it. and, steph, i m at peace with that. i got over this decades ago. i, think that there are people who didn t get into harvard and feel like that s an issue with the institution itself and not with them i think that s what animated them. harvard stands for art, cultural, historical, and social fabric. it s the place that exemplifies where you go if you re smart, high achieving. it is still that. today and i think that s what still kind of lost in all of. this if nine rolled scholars came out of harvard, smart people still go. they re the raising the issue that there were fewer applications than usual. please, please, please this is still the gold star, century institution that people aspire to go. two and smart people graduate from. that hasn t changed here.
this as part of their culture. it s the minority, of countries that it should be part of a fabric, of an individual country. i ve been thinking a lot about what happened in harvard, fan, and what happened at m.i.t.. and the crux that this is happening, harvard has 400,000 living alumni around the world. that is such a small fraction of the world s population. but an influential one, and in almost 400 year old institution. yes, centuries old. i think the more interesting polis a larger, one in, which i admit to being a part of. as people have applied to harvard and didn t get it. and, steph, i m at peace with that. i got over this decades ago. i, think that there are people who didn t get into harvard and feel like that s an issue with the institution itself and not with them i think that s what animated them. harvard stands for art, cultural, historical, and social fabric. it s the place that exemplifies where you go if you re smart, high achieving. it is still that. today and i th
now, check this out. from december 20, 19, from cnn,a of all places, as 2019 comes to a close, the u.s. economy earns its highest ratings in almost two decades. overall, 76% rate.ay economic conditions in the u.s. todas y as very or somewhat goot significantly more than those who said so at least the sameth time last year at 67%. this is highest share to say the economy is good since februaryy is 2000 and one.in o ithn other words,er trump diu have to spin his economic numbers because they spoke for themselvessee . he was both tougher on china than biden and delivered better growth at this point in his presidency. it took china generated virus and a prolonged democrat shutdown in blue states to stop the trump economy and his presidencypresid. think of all the office buildings bustling in the christmas parties that were buzzing in decembeofr of 2019nt and now two and a half years into biden s presidencden y, wei