us we have craig alexander, chief economist of td bank. peter hooper, deutsche bank securities, and co-head of deutsche bank, paul mccully, the global interdependence center. thomas pally, senior adviser and also a senior fellow at the new america foundation and e. smith publisher of naked capitalism. ed sloos a great friend and pal and we not only have copies of the atlantic for you, and a great issue to get as james said but thanks to the financial times and i believe in magnanimi magnanimity, we've got the fp out there and said also the author of a forthcoming book you can order on line on amazon, called time to start thinking, america in the age of decent, that means going down. that shows you where ed's thinking is no matter where the nasdaq may be. ed, the floor's yours. >> not sure this is -- it is working. thanks, steve. amazing audience here which i imagine amounts to about 1% of your friends on facebook. i think you're a world record holder other than lady gaga. thank you for that introduction. i won't re-introduce my guests. we