to have professor reich growth president of the helen institute for economic research thanks a lot for joining us thank you. now the fall of the berlin wall was the beginning of the end for many east german companies who couldn't compete with their western equivalents however some of the skills and expertise they delta was simply too precious to. what young shoe boxes bring out here may look unspectacular but this lens is worth as much as a family car and it represents an unusual success story optics are one of communist east germany's biggest exports but when germany reunified 30 years ago few thought the state run college sized plant here in garo had much of a chance against tough western competition 3 optical engineers took a chance and bought the company shares to keep the optical traditional alive this was all in that certainly wasn't clear to the founders at the time what they were getting themselves into or and then of course over the years we noticed or i noticed just how turbulent it was in the early days of the 1990 s. with. the un it seemed to be stacked against the 3 who ha

swan and jeffrey tucker of the american institute for economic research element thank you for being here ben obviously this declaration is extremely controversial but isn't a covert vaccine supposed to get us to herd immunity. yes it is yes to both of them it's controversial and a vaccine is supposed to give us the herd immunity but it's not the only way to herd immunity unless of course you only listen to big pharma big pharma will tell you that before vaccines i guess there was no such thing as herd immunity and yet now we know of course that that's not true what we know is this the way the human body responds to pandemics because there have been pandemics all throughout human history is to build herd immunity through exposure to a virus what this document is essentially saying is we know and what we do now know about covert that we didn't maybe know 6 months ago is that there is a certain segment of the population that is not very susceptible to coat it the younger you are obviously children teenagers people under 19 years old have you know virtually no susceptibility in terms of gett

anytime soon so we're going to continue the conversation jeffrey tucker of the american institute for economic research the west coast offense on thank you both for breaking it down for us. as we've quickly transition. and to zoom and other video calls for morning meetings or a school g.p.u. maker in a video says their new technology can fix some of their biggest bugs using the new invidia maxime platform users can use powerful graphics processor is on these clouds in order to boost call quality fix your gaze cancel noise and they even provide live subtitled translations on top of that it reduces the ban with needed for those of us with spotty wife i connection so at this point you can't by yourself but look to see if major players in the communications world take advantage of this technology. that's all for now catch him bust on demand on the portable t.v.'s available for your apple and android devices or simply check out a portable dot t.v. we'll see you next time. with election day looming it's important to. change the g.o.p. . is there such a thing as trump is the political establishment understand

escalating health situation mean for the economy well for that let's bring in claimants fusees the president of the institute like nets institute for economic research at the university of munich and he joins us now good morning to you up so i mean here in germany the situation is getting worse we can see that every day but politicians across all parties insist there won't be another lock down do you believe them. oh good morning monica i do believe they would like to avoid the lockdown but the truth is it's already coming it is not that general lockdown it's more targets of i think that's a good idea because the harm on the economy will be less the lockdown measures will be increasing so another type of lock down is coming that's unavoidable. in some ways it's also welcome because we need to rein in the americas as no where exactly of course i mean health comes 1st but the pandemic with or without a lockdown in whatever shape or form is already hurting business hospitality suggests at least 3 lances are left high and dry when do you see the so far not yet this it will insolvency tsunami which a lot of experts have predicted. i'm not sure it will be

economy grew by 6 percent in the 3rd quarter that's according to estimates by the german institute for economic research however it also forecasts that the recovery will slow down as the new restrictions take hold our financial correspondent conrad who is and has more from germany's financial capital frankfurt. pessimism has come back with a vengeance to the financial markets some investors predict that our economy in germany the gross domestic product will be down to 0 at the end of the year some even more pessimistic forecasters predict that germany's economy will fall into another recession the problem is that compared with the 1st lock down in the spring the financial situation for many businesses here in germany has become much worse which makes a wave of bankruptcies more likely as soon as insolvency rules which have been suspended due to the pandemic will be put in place again also temporary furloughs the so-called short work hours schemes might not be enough any more unemployment is a real threat no wonder that the dea i.w. research institute says the pandemic is taking away the confidence of co

economy grew by 6 percent in the 3rd quarter that's according to estimates by the german institute for economic research however it also forecasts that the recovery will slow down as the new restrictions take hold our financial correspondent conrad who is and has more from germany's financial capital frankfurt. pessimism has come back with a vengeance to the financial markets some investors predict that our economy in germany the gross domestic product will be down to 0 at the end of the year some even more pessimistic forecasts predict that germany's economy will fall into another recession the problem is that compared with the 1st lock down in the spring the financial situation for many businesses here in germany has become much worse which makes a wave of bad quote seize more likely as soon as insolvency rules which have been suspended due to the pandemic will be put in place again also temporary furloughs the so-called short work hours schemes might not be enough any more unemployment is a real threat no wonder that the d w research institute says the pandemic is taking away the confidence of compan

economy grew by 6 percent in the 3rd quarter that's according to estimates by the german institute for economic research however it also forecasts that the recovery will slow down as new restrictions take hold our financial correspondent konrad bosun has more from germany's financial capital frankfurt pessimism has come back with a vengeance to the financial markets some investors predict that our economy in germany the gross domestic product will be down to 0 at the end of the year some even more pessimistic for costs this predict that germany's economy will fall into another recession the problem is that compared with the 1st lock down in the spring the financial situation for many businesses here in germany has become much worse which makes a wave of bad quote seize more likely as soon as insolvency rules which have been suspended due to the pandemic will be put in place again also temporary furloughs the so-called shortened work hours schemes might not be enough anymore unemployment is a real threat no wonder that the w. research institute says the pen demick is taking away the confidence of compani

escalating health situation mean for the economy well for that let's bring in claimants fusees the president of the institute like nets institute for economic research at the university of munich and he joins us now good morning to you. so i mean here in germany the situation is getting worse we can see that every day but politicians across all parties insist there won't be another lock down do you believe them. oh good morning monica i do believe they would like to order a lockdown but the truth is it's already coming it is not the general lockdown it's more targets to i think that's a good idea because the harm on the economy will be less the lockdown measures will be increasing so another type of lockdown is coming that's unavoidable. in some ways it's also welcome because we need to rein in the m.m.x. there's no other way exactly of course i mean health comes 1st but the pandemic with or without lockdown in whatever shape or form is already hurting business hospitality suggests. tree lances are left high and dry when do you see the so far not yet this it will insolvency tsunami which a lot of experts have predicted. i'm not sure it will be a tsu

christiane jeffrey tucker of the american institute for economic research thank you both for that expert analysis as always thank you. and the u.s. food and drug administration has expanded its investigation into an illness in astra zeneca as quote a virus vaccine study now according to a report from reuters wednesday the late stage u.s. trial has been on hold since the 6th of september when a participant in the u.k. became ill with what was believed to be a rare spinal inflammatory disorder regulators in britain brazil india and south africa have already allowed the pharma company to resume trials in their countries according to the report the f.d.a. is investigating whether similar side effects had presented in other trials put on by a team of scientists at oxford university astra zeneca is a partner in developing the potential vaccine the latest inquiry casts doubt on when the trial may be able to resume here in the united states the us government has pledged $1200000000.00 to support the development of the vaccine and secure 300000000 doses for the country if it proves successful so

far east and western states so that's something we put to the president of the house institute for economic research professor right will. there are a number of reasons. and we need to know where actors want to say he's going to firms seem to be less productive and west germany. and less more. countries in the interim so it's more or less and less i being. compared. the fall of the belin wall was the beginning of the end for many east german companies who couldn't compete with their western equivalents however some of the skills and expertise that have been built up were simply too precious to lose optics were one of communist east germany's biggest exports but when germany reunified 30 years ago few thought the state run cold science plant here in garo had much of a chance against tough western competition 3 optical engineers took a chance and bought the company shares to keep the optical traditional alive. the units seem to be stacked against the 3 who had never run a business before and had little idea about the market economy. manfred shoe box was one of them. whom interlocutors i know just as w

pet show works at the institute for ecological economic research in berlin the institute is demister d. on whether immobile phone case printed at home in germany is more environmentally friendly than one the mass produced in asia and found out that they're about the same. that's because the lower c o 2 emissions from local 3 d. printing are offset by the high energy consumption of the printing machines. this process is neither particularly sustainable nor economical but it can be profitable for some companies under certain conditions you want to name companies can generally make money on expensive 3 d. printing projects only if they can speed up or streamline production still they'll use fewer materials and some products could be recycled even if that custom made. we've come to the reflow recycling company in amsterdam to find out whether 3 d. printing production really is sustainable about 80 percent of printed products i'm a different last ink there'd be a fraction of them are recyclable or biodegradable this machine a reflow 10 discarded plastic bottles into plastic filament that

petro works at the institute for ecological economic research in berlin the institute demist study on whether a mobile phone case printed at home in germany is more environmentally friendly than one mass produced in asia and found out that they're about the same. that's because the lower socio to emissions from local 3 d. printing iraq by the high energy consumption of the printing machines. this process is neither particularly sustainable nor economical but it can be profitable for some companies under certain conditions you want to name or companies can generally make money on expensive 3 d. printing projects only if they can speed up or streamline production still they'll use fewer materials and some products could be recycled even if they're custom made . we've come to the reflow recycling company in amsterdam to find out whether 3 d. printing production really is sustainable about 80 percent of printed products are made of plastic and there'd be a fraction of them are recyclable or biodegradable this machine a reflow 10 discarded plastic bottles into plastic filament that can be

economy grew by 6 percent in the 3rd quarter that's according to estimates by the german institute for economic researchwever it also forecasts that the recovery will slow down as new restrictions take hold our financial correspondent conard susan has more from germany's financial capital frankfurt pessimism has come back with a vengeance to the financial markets some investors predict that our economy in germany the gross domestic product will be down to 0 at the end of the year some even more pessimistic for costs this predict that germany's economy will fall into another recession the problem is that compared with the 1st lock down in the spring the financial situation for many businesses here in germany has become much worse which makes a wave of bad quote seize more likely as soon as insolvency rules which have been suspended due to the pandemic will be put in place again also temporary furloughs the so-called shortened work hours schemes might not be enough anymore unemployment is a real threat no wonder about the d w research institute says the pen demick is taking away the confidence of companie

declaration is named after a town in western massachusetts which is home to the american institute for economic researcha koch brother funded think tank that sponsored the open letter. many other public health experts have expressed alarm over this call to embrace herd immunity. on wednesday, a group of doctors and scientists signed an opepen letterer in the lancet medical journal stating -- "the evidence is very clear -- controlling community spread of covid-19 is the best way to protect our societies and economies until safe and effective vaccines and therapeutics arrive within the coming months." the open letter is being called the john snow memorandum, named after the founder of modern epidemiology. today we host a debate on this contentious issue. joining us from ashford, connecticut, is martin kulldorff, a professor of medicine at harvard university. ofof the three lead signers of e one great barrington declaration. he is a biostatistician, and epidemiologist with expertise in detecting and monitoring infectious disease outbreaks and vaccine safety evaluations. and joining us from boston is dr. ab

petro works at the institute for ecological economic research in berlin the institute demist r.t.on whether immobile phone case printed at home in germany is more environmentally friendly than one mass produced in asia and found out that they're about the same. that's because the lowest c o 2 emissions from local 3 d. printing are upset by the high energy consumption of the printing machines. this process is neither particularly sustainable nor economical but it can be profitable for some companies under certain conditions you want to name companies can generally make money on expensive 3 d. printing projects only if they can speed up or streamline production still they'll use fewer materials and some products could be recycled even if their custom age. we've come to the reflow recycling company in amsterdam to find out whether 3 d. printing production really is sustainable about 80 percent of printed products are made of plastic and then a fraction of them are recyclable or biodegradable this machinery float discarded plastic bottles into plastic filament that can be used for pri

joining me now is thomas hogan, senior fellow at the american institute for economic research.got some clear policy differences on the economy. good to see you. i don't know, we did have a lot of discussion about the economy but it was kind of randomly scattered throughout and we had some comments about taxes on the stock market and a little bit about regulations and how they affect job growth but about regulations and how they affectjob growth but we didn't really discuss the economic plans are either candidate very much so it's hard to tell what information voters would have gathered from that. one of the issues that struck me was that joe biden was pushing for more than a doubling of the minimum wage and donald trump saying that if you're going to deal with that at all it should be a federal issue but one for every individual state to work out.|j think that's true. that size are increasing the minimum wage would robbie have serious effects on a lot of state and be very different across the united states, so it's hard to tell what a big blanket policy like that would have in

pick show works at the institute for ecological economic research in berlin the institute says dennis study on whether a mobile phone case printed at home in germany is more environmentally friendly than one that mass produced in asia and found out that they're about the same. that's because the lower c.e.o. to emissions from local 3 d. printing. by the high energy consumption of the printing machines. this process is neither particularly sustainable nor economical but it can be profitable for some companies under certain conditions you want to name companies can generally make money on expensive 3 d. printing projects only if they can speed up or streamline production still they'll use fewer materials and some products could be recycled even if they're custom made . we've come to the reflow recycling company in amsterdam to find out whether 3 d. printing production really is sustainable about 80 percent of printed products a major clastic and there'd be a fraction of them are recyclable all by degradable this machinery. discarded plastic bottles into plastic filaments that can be use

rami and we have a senior fellow from the stanford institute for economic policy research. dr. smith and dr. osqu, you have been with us since the beginning. tell us what lies ahead for the president? >> what he's gone through today is a series of tests. i expect he's gotten extensive blood work, looking at ldh. common predictive indices to give us a sense of how severe his case is. he will get supportive care, possibly a chest ct scan and he will rest. something he allergic too. that will give us a sense of his prognosis going forward. >> laura: president trump put out this video statement tonight. >> i want to thank everybody for the tremendous support. i'm going to walter reed hospital. i think i'm doing very well. but we're going to make sure that things work out. the first lady is doing very well. so thank you very much. i appreciate it. thank you. doctor, what do you see in that video? does that give us any sense of his condition or does he look okay? some people thought he looked pale. goodness, we were relieved to see him. >> yeah, he's holding up all right from what i u

. >> reporter: so both professors that work for stanford's institute for economic policy research believe the months ahead will make the post-covid recovery prolonged. david louie, abc 7 news. >>> happening now, a memorial's being held for a san francisco firefighter who died in a training accident. first responders from many agencies started arriving about 45 minutes ago as police and firefighters escorted the body of jason cortez to saint ignatius church. this is a private celebration with only cortez's family and guests with an invitation allowed inside. >>> this is a leave look outside the church on parker avenue. the service is expected to conclude at around 9:00 p.m., and the san francisco fire department will do an honor salute afterward. >>> now to developing coronavirus news. we've now reached more than 40 million cases worldwide. and abc news analysis finds hospitalizations are rising in 41 states. 1/4 of the nation's hospitals have 81% of icu beds full. yesterday the transportation security administration says it screened more than 1 million passengers, the highest number since

petro works at the institute for ecological economic research in berlin the institute is denis studyon whether immobile phone case printed at home in germany is more environmentally friendly than one mass produced in asia and found out that they're about the same. that's because c.e.o. 2 emissions from local 3 d. printing are upset by the high energy consumption of the printing machines. this process is neither particularly sustainable nor economical but it can be profitable for some companies under certain conditions no wonder new companies can generally make money on expensive 3 d. printing projects only if they can speed up or streamline production still dell use fewer materials and some products could be recycled even if their custom age. we've come to the reflow recycling company in amsterdam to find out whether 3 d. printing production really is sustainable about 80 percent of printed products a major task stick and there'd be a fraction of them are recyclable or biodegradable this machine a reflow 10 discarded plastic bottle into a plastic filament that can be used for printin

pet show works at the institute for ecological economic research in berlin the institute is demist r.t on whether immobile phone cases printed at home in germany is more environmentally friendly than one mass produced in asia and found out that they're about the same. that's because the lower c o 2 emissions from local 3 d. printing are upset by the high energy consumption of the printing machines. this process is neither particularly sustainable nor economical but it can be profitable for some companies under certain conditions you want to name or companies can generally make money on expensive 3 d. printing projects only if they can speed up or streamline production still they'll use fewer materials and some products could be recycled even if their custom made. we've come to the reflow recycling company in amsterdam to find out whether 3 d. printing production really is sustainable about 80 percent of printed products made of casting and there'd be a fraction of them are recyclable or biodegradable this machine a reflow 10 discarded plastic bottles into plastic filament that can be u

of the institute for democracy and economic affairs ibrahim sofia is executive director of medical center a public opinion research organization bridget welsh is senior research associate in the center for democratic studies of the national taiwan university welcome to the program tricia now that and what it brought him met with the king from a constitutional perspective what would be the steps taken by them or knock to find out whether and what about him generally has enough number of of parliamentarians to become prime minister and then an interesting day manager on the. next steps for the constitution of the constitution actually does not recognize the role of political party for its day all the agong it to do is to be convinced means no we are a certain person holding the majority within parliament and in recent times what the members of parliament have that is that they produce that history declaration and present at the to the agel and this is what happens all the way back in february when there was a dispute and some who are helped the idea of the confidence of the parliament and the are going well now as w

bangkok we're joined by steve keen he's a crowdfunding professor of economics as well as a distinguished research fellow of the institute for strategy resilience and security of university college london gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok let me go to michael in new york you know this just term the new normal is bandied about and what really worries me is that the people that use the new normal where it's a normal that is beneficial to them ok and they're not particularly concerned about it ok because i hear more and more top read more and more about a cave recovery and that is that ignition defeat in my in my opinion because it means the if you have the k. it's the the leg of the k. you've given up on ok because the other part. of the economy it's true because it's to their benefit here i really worry when people talk about new normals and when they talk about the economy you're my friend well who has become normal since 2008 has been completely different from the old normal people have the normal you go back to a balance but really the economy has

donna ginther is professor of economics and the director of the institute for policy and social research at the university of kansas. professor ginther, it's an honor to have you with us tonight. thank you so much for sharing some time with us. >> well, thank you for having me, rachel. if you want another job, you should start teaching economics. >> i did very poor -- i did very poorly in economics in college. i don't -- i didn't want -- i wouldn't go there. but, actually, let me ask you if when i was summarizing your findings, is there anything i got wrong or put the wrong emphasis on or something i should have pointed out that i missed? >> couldn't have done it better. you got the whole point. cases were flat in counties that had a mask mandate and they exceeded -- rate of growth exceeded in the counties without. so -- >> were you -- >> the mandate. >> were you surprised to arrive at such clear-cut findings. i mean, i am not a scientist, but looking at this, the result sort of does leap off the page. i imagine you and your colleagues had some expectations as to what you'd find, but did

we're joined by steve keen he's a crowdfunding professor of economics on a tree on as well as a distinguished research fellow of the institute for strategy. and security of university college london gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate. ok let me go to michael in new york you know this just term the new normal is bandied about and what really worries me is that the people that use the new normal where it's a normal that is beneficial to them ok and they're not particularly concerned about it ok because i hear more and more talk read more and more about a cave recovery and that is it in mission defeat in my in my opinion because it means the if you have the k. and.

we're joined by steve keen he's a crowdfunding professor of economics on a tree on as well as a distinguished research fellow of the institute for strategy resilience and security of university college london gentlemen crossed up rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it ok let me go to michael in new york you know this just term the new normal is bandied about and what really worries me is that the people that use the new normal where it's a normal that is beneficial to them ok and they're not particularly concerned about it ok because i hear more and more top read more and more about it kate recovery and that is admission of defeat in my in my opinion because it means the if you have the k. it's the the leg of the k. . you've given up on ok because the other part will pull the economy through because it's that in their benefit here i really worry when people talk about new normals and when they talk about the economy you're my friend well who has become normal since 2008 has been completely different from the old normal people have the idea of normal you go back to a balance but rea

the shares of bank here in france for they also selling the german share index dax it's down again and significantly. one of germany's leading economic research institutes the d.w.i. says the economy was likely to grew by 6 percent in the 3rd quarter what does that figure tell us in these turbulent times. well it's telling us that the recovery after the spring lock downs was a strong one but you know chris the problem is not the past the problem is the future the i.w. institute also says that the new corona restrictions expected here in germany and in other countries of europe are likely to cause the recovery to come to a halt and that's much more pessimistic outlook than the previous one by the institute later today the german chancellor. is discussing your restrictions with regional leaders and it's expected that at least parts of our businesses here in germany will have to close down again. when i was in frankfurt thank you. only 2 months left to strike a trade deal between the european union and britain which has formally left the block at the beginning of the year and now it's not only businesses in the u.k. that are anxiously looking at these stal

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