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
Onsite now, runways at this airport, named for a new york city mayor. Julie. What is la guardia . Correct. Ill take lets go to the airport for 400, please. Julie. What is hartsfield in atlanta . No. Damien. What is Idlewild Airport . No. Nikkis not gonna ring in. Closer to your home. Its ohare. Oh. For the next selection. For 600, alex. Damien. No. Julie. What is heathrow . Yes. Airports for 800, please. Is reflected in the design of the International Airport seen here damien. What is sante fe . No. Julie . What is denver . Denvers right. Lets go to the airport for 1,000, please. Julie. What is nashville . No. Damien. What is charlotte . No. [ laughs ] [ beep ] what is memphis . The home of fedex. Julie, back to you. Youre the only one with money, and youve only got 200. Youre leading. And im wasting it. Lets do ends in oon for 200, please. Nikki. What is a monsoon . Right. Oon for 400, please. Julie. What is to swoon . Swoon. Yes, indeed. Ends in oon for 600, please. What is a platoon
You cant tell the people in central new york. This is mexico, new york. They got five inches of snow. Thank goodness we didnt. Looks like the cold spell isnt going to last. Dari let me get the title right. Chief meteorologist nick gregory is here. Nick were into titles. Dari i noticed that. Things are going to warm up . Nick they are. Thats the nice thing this time of year. Usually the cold doesnt last for an extended period of time. That will be the case. The chill in the air this morning, while it didnt snow in the immediate new york city area, yesterday there were flurries arnold ound. There were quick snow showers going by. Look at the lows out the door. 20 in sussex. 19 in monticello. Close to freezing in midtown at 35. 28 down the jersey shore. 29 as you moved out to islip. Definitely a cold and frosty start to the day. We got to the lower 50s. 52 poughkeepsie. Low 50s at the jersey shore, belmar and back to 48 at monticello. Current numbers havent moved that far. Theres the sign
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