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Forbes contributor. Samantha is the editor of the New York Times anthology torn, a recognized speaker on women and work, a contributor to women at forbes, the Huffington Post and disney interactive. Please join me in welcoming Heather Cabot and sam that wall raven. Thank you so much. [applause] thank you. Wow, we really appreciate you coming out on a rainy night like this x this is a super exciting moment for us because, first of all, were in the same city, which we rarely are. I live in new york, and sam lives in San Francisco. But this really is the evening before geek girl rising comes out. So its a really special moment for us. And to kick things off, just to give you a taste of what the book is about, were going to show you a little trailer first. So lets roll t ....
On what crossing this milestone might finally mean. We sat here a few weeks ago. Right. We got within a third of a point. Ill tell you the difference is the way you cross it. I mean, when we got there last time, i think a lot of people felt, wow, all these stocks are so stretched. Its really the banks that are doing it and thats not sustainable because banks have gotten way ahead. You look at the charts. And most of the of the good numbers that were in are more animal spirit driven. This is the biggest week of earnings, big week of earnings last week and were putting together a proctor, an american express, we look at ibm, 3m, which i know some didnt think was that great. It was fine. We look at United Technologies and boeing and say, geez, these are companies doing pretty well. So maybe its not all smoke and mirrors. Maybe its not all animal spirits. Maybe its not all trump inauguration. There was also a tremendous short bas ....
When i sat down with the former president at the Clinton Global Initiative in new york city. We spoke about politics. Hillary clintons run for the white house. And americas economy. That is our cover story this week. If you look at how the american economys doing compared to most other big economies in the world, including a lot of the developing economies, like the brits, the people we thought would lift up up into the 21st century, were doing quite well. We have more than regained the jobs that we lost in the recession. There was a big crash, and usually those take a decade to get over. So we got jobs back more quickly. Back to one of the shortterm things you mentioned. The Federal Reserve. They just decided no the to raise Interest Rates, and in doing so cited factors that arent in their dual mandate. Talk ....
The world all you have to do is ask. Thats what we did this week when i sat down with the former president at the Clinton Global Initiative in new york city. We spoke about politics. Hillary clintons run for the white house. And americas economy. That is our cover story this week. If you look at how the american economys doing compared to most other big economies in the world, including a lot of the developing economies, like the brits, the people we thought would lift up up into the 21st century, were doing quite well. We have more than regained the recession. There was a big crash, and usually those take a decade to get over. Quickly. Back to one of the shortterm the Federal Reserve. They just decided no the to raise Interest Rates, and in doing so cited factors that arent in their dual mandate. Talked abou ....