are just before we went to break parts sat down with alex gordon brander the c.e.o. of a mega one to talk about the history of the block chain and the future it might have now here's the second part of that interview and alex the you know the theme here building a consensus in a fragmented world if you're at davos the world economic forum how does block work into that how does this figure in blocking digital economy into what is a pretty fragmented world won't take that on a couple of levels the you know the obvious sort of you know. it was a lowball question there is a local answer there is that the block chain itself is a consensus mechanism the entire point of the block chain is a way that actors in a distributed network can achieve consensus and the the real power of it is even if up to hearth of the act is in the distributed network a malicious act is trying to break it the overall network achieves consensus so from purely technological perspective that's not sort of the question but of course you know alex technology is america all of our sociology and our inter

of mega one alex gordon bender who used to work with the largest hedge fund in the world bridgewater alex thank you for being with us it's a pleasure to have you here thank you so much for having me instead alex you reached out to me last year because one of the things that some orton to you at omega one and you personally is to do things in a transparent aboveboard way and you want to ensure that you abide by all the rules and regulations and you actually do more than is needed in disclosure for our viewers advising omega one in that regard but tell me how and why that is so important to you why you feel that in your bones well the block chain is the most transformative technology to hit finance possibly at a and there's such a huge amount of potential in digital assets and yet most of the noise and fury at the moment in the space is highly speculative a lot of scam artists promising instant millions of riches and this is a massive distraction firm the promise of digital asset technology. we are very committed to the future sort of institutional institutionalization of block change t

are just before we went to break parts sat down with alex gordon brander the c.e.o. of a mega one to talk about the history of the block chain and the future it might have now here's the second part of that interview well it's the theme here building a consensus in a for admitted world. here at davos the world economic forum how does block chain work into that how does this figure in blocking digital economy into a what is a pretty fragmented world won't take that on a couple of levels the you know the obvious sort of you know there's a low ball question there is there is that the block chain itself is a consensus mechanism the entire point of the block chain is a way that actors in a distributed network can achieve consensus and the the real power of it is even if up to half of the act is in the distributed network a malicious act to try and break it the overall network achieves consensus so from purely technological perspective that's not sort of the question but of course you know alex technology is america all of our sociology and our interactions and so the very

of omega one who is a rock star and one of the animals here today alex gordon brander plus we've got the best selling author don tapscott who wrote the book walk chain revolution but first let's check out some headlines in business and finance back in the studio in washington. u.s. treasury secretary steve menuhin speaking at the world economic forum in davos embraced a weak dollar and the nugent told reporters quote obviously a weaker dollar is good for us as it relates to trade and opportunities and weaker dollar generally favors domestic production by making imports more expensive blackrock chief executive lawrence fink also played down the dollar slide and said investors and the media overreacted to mention statements i.m.f. managing director christine lagarde however said she hoped my.

said absolutely we're a lovely little story there surely gordon says always an excellent show with great interviews well done to myself and alex still says hi tacit alex love the shoe one thing that stands out from other shoes is alex's easy manner and lack of aggressive interview technique so broadly used in most of the other issues great to hear answers don't change a thing we certainly want joe thanks for that and finally dying by the alman says i'll examine creature to an os and then charge to complete with b.b.c. question time no holds barred just truth i'm not sure about the us and there might be we try to avoid confrontation but it's an interesting idea that would certainly sick i'm bored. my back to alex is in washington d.c. with commentator ad i'm kirk ed schultz. welcome to the alex simon show was my pleasure thank you know it's new you've been commenting on the american political scene from a variety of platforms for a substantial number of years i want you to tell us how people are becoming adjusted to the the trump presidency and let's start with the establishment republicans are they reconciled to donald trump a

alex: ...live, called "music hop." and we had some of canada's best known performers. - gordon lightfoot was one of our early guests. -, wow! ♪ let me tell you about saturday night ♪ ♪ saturday night ♪ we all came together on a saturday night ♪ so, how'd you get into quiz shows? well, there was a high school quiz called "reach for the top." team leading by ten points at the moment, name the canadian province where we would find partridge berries. - peter matthews. - alberta. alberta is incorrect. i got to be the butt of a lot of jokes from people like "sctv." eugene levy portrayed me, and he was the host alex trebel. all right, that's it! show's over. get out! everybody out, no winners. - ( people booing ) - no winners! certainly no scholarships! - that's it, no points. - what? turn the security on 'em. i want you out! harvey: so, cbc loved you. you did a bunch of shows for them. why did you move to america? opportunity. i had done pretty much everything i could do in canada, in terms of hosting. because i was bilingual i got to host some big, musical, classical musical extravaganzas. when you began hosting game shows

we just had gordon chang on, saying this is trying to rectify something that has been going on for a long time. alexat is the million-dollar question. that is a difficult one. if you look at china's economic nationalism, and how beijing essentially has a very state centric approach to capitalism, -- all of those activities are very structural, they are core to the nature of that model, which is subsidies, technology transfer particular. i don't see china backing away from that. when you look at this 2025 -- a aeronautics, all of the high-tech sectors that are so critical now, i don't see the beijing government backing of subsidies -- backing off subsidies. the world will have to get used to more sanctions against individuals, companies, and even entire sectors, in a growing list of licensing requirements. ramy: in terms of positioning, what might you hear to get around the shifting global supply chains we are only starting to see change right now? alex: there has been a great deal of disruption to global supply or value chains. if you look at it, digital disruption -- technology has been the prime d