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Widespread that it prompted a tweet from the head of russia today, who said basically, i want to address all of you who are writing that you feel shame for being russian, that you feel shame for russia. what is it that you are ashamed about? i found that very striking because she must have felt this was significant enough of a phenomenon to address it in that way. indeed, we saw actually today one of those russian independent newspapers was the co-winner of the nobel prize last year coming out and saying -- actually the entire front page had the title "russia is bombing ukraine." the governmen...

Bill gates didn't name names but said the thing he would value most in a candidate is what he called a professional approach to the presidency. the audience started to laugh because obviously donald trump has the least professional approach to the presidency in history. and everybody in the room knew bill gates was saying, in effect, he would vote for the democrat no matter who it is. bill gates is one of the few billionaire whose agrees with our next guest that billionaires are undertaxed. e e est est est ester dufoe is this year's cowinner of the nobel prize in economics. and she won that by...

New york might like to get rid of alabama but you wouldn't say we're going to build a border between alabama and the rest of the united states. that's essentially what johnson is doing now. of course the irony of all of this is it's a nationalist project that's going to end with the breaking up of their own state. the union really won't survive and maybe donald trump will be right after all, thinking i don't know what to call it because maybe in ten years time we might be calling it something very different. >> you cannot understand what's happening there without reading this. thank you so muc...

Only one woman had won a nobel prize in economics. and now, there are two. this year, esther duflo is the co-winner of the nobel prize in econom economics for her real-world study of how economics really works in real people's lives. and how that knowledge can be used to improve the economic lives of more people. in an echo of esther duflo last week, bill gates gave voice to one of her important findings. that contradicts much political talk about taxation. >> we can raise taxes in a lot of ways. including, you know, making some gifts to foundations more taxed. we -- we have a lot of room. the...

Had 70% taxation rates. >> joining us now is mit economics professor esther duflo. this year's co-winner of the nobel prize in economics. her book is "good economics for hard times" co-authored with her husband who is also the co-winner of this year's nobel prize in economics. thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. >> it must've been so exciting for you and your husband. first husband-wife team in get the prize in nobel economics. getting that call early morning is it? >> yes. it was incredible way to be woken up at 5:00 a.m. >> yes. and you hav...