steven pinker versus neil ferguson. >>> finally, i will introduce you to a young woman whom you will surely want to meet. >> we have run out of excuses and we are running out of time. we have come here to let you know that change is coming whether you like it or not. >> she's trying to do nothing less than save the world. but first here is my take. emanuel macron has been the great hope for those who worry that global politics is being dominated for populism, nationalism or racism. in his presidential campaign last year, macron was able to rally france around a message of reform and even multilateralism. now macron has been humbled by the yellow vest street protests. he was forced to backtrack on some of his reforms and adopt new budget busting subsidies in an attempt to nullify the mob and there is the mess in britain as it keeps trying and failing to brexit, italy's budgetary west coast get worse and the embrace of illegal democracy in hungary and poland continues. it all adds up to a depressing picture of europe and the west. but are things really so gloomy? as "politico's" matthe

she is joined by british historian, neil ferguson. and former national intelligence council chair, joseph nye . [applause] >> good afternoon. and you for joining us for what we hope would be a very stimulating and interesting discussion. i am joined by my colleague, senior fellow at the institution, neil ferguson. historian of considerable note and our colleague from harvard university, joe nye who is also, visiting at hoover from time to time and so, we very much look forward to our

she is joined by british historian, neil ferguson. and former national intelligence council chair, joseph nye . [applause] >> good afternoon. and you for joining us for what we hope would be a very stimulating and interesting discussion. i am joined by my colleague, senior fellow at the institution, neil ferguson. historian of considerable note and our colleague from harvard university, joe nye who is also, visiting at hoover from time to time and so, we very much look forward to our conversation. i want to start by thinking secretary schultz and jim, who have, or running this project on the problems of the new era. and i want to thank them for particularly, putting a focus on issues of governance. because it is very clear hathat across the world, and whatever setting, governments are having trouble connecting to their people. they are having trouble delivering to their people. in almost every country, you are seeing a crisis of confidence in institutions. particularly in local democracies. and so are path today is to talk about what

working group on swine flu consists of thirteen external consultants to report conflict of interest neil fergusoneclares consultancy fees from glaxo smith kline baxter and rush the manufacturers of the swine flu vaccines and medications not a problem for the dollar. in two thousand and seven albert osterhaus loses his voting right on the dutch health commission due to his conflicts of interest he declares to the w.h.o. that he has shares in the pharma company viral clinics which is suspected of profiting from swine flu he also declares that he is the chairman of w.i. describing it as a group of independent scientists in fact it is partly financed by vaccine manufacturers. i can tell you the most scientific meeting today organized that is now being spun the sponsored by industry and rightly so industry is making the vaccines it's not the national institutes that are making the vaccines any longer industry is doing i very curious. at the moment i'm working more with the private sector as well so i started still consulting from time to time i used to vacuum with as you scientists against influenza y

figures including david rubin stein, david petraeus, robert harris, the historians tim snyder and neil ferguson, former foreign secretary lord owen, and tonight, of course, we're honored to welcome jesse norman. i've been particularly looking forward to this event because jesse a few years ago wrote a biography of edmund burke, a statesman i admire more than almost any other, and it's particularly nice to welcome him here to talk about adam smith. we have these conversations to sort of live up to churchill's add admonition -- admonition that the longer you can look backward, the farther you can look forward. we are trying to put in this library history in action. jesse norman is the conservative member of parliament and par elementary e undersecretary of state at the department for business, energy and industrial strategy from 2016-2017. before his election to parliament in 2010, he was the director of barclays during its reputable years, i hasten to add. [laughter] and taught at university college london. he is the author of several books including the aforementioned edmund burke: the first co

my colleague at hoover, neil ferguson did a great walk work on this. he has a paper that will come out soon on this. what they did, they did what they did in the cold war. this is deception, deceit. now it's superpowered by social media and social media algorithms. so hey, if you like something on social media, hey, you're probably going to like this even more, and the even more is going to be even more radical and pull you more to the right or to the left. and guess what. russia's efforts at propaganda disinformation and subversion increased after the election. right? so this was, i think, their opportunity. they got what they wanted. i think that if you look at our public discourse now, i think they're probably very happy with the results. >> look, you know, the basic problem that we haven't fully come to realize, even though bells have been going off, is that cyber warfare is the battlefield of the future. and it's going to continue to develop. and we were aware of it when we were there. that there were all kinds of cyberattacks taking place. china

she joined british is -- --torian neil ferguson and joseph nye.on and the stanford hoover institution hosted this event. ms. rice: good afternoon and thank you for joining us for what we hope will be a very stimulating and interesting discussion. i'm joined on stage by my lolleague, senior fellow, nial ferguson, and our colleague from who was alsonye, visiting at hoover from time to time. we very much look forward to our conversation. i want to start by thinking secretary schultz and jim penn pemby, who are running this project on the problems of the new era. puttingo thank them for a focus on issues of governance because it is very clear that across the world in whatever setting, governments are having trouble connecting to their peoples, delivering to their people. arehim as every country you saying a crisis of confidence and institutions, particularly in local democracies. path today is to talk about one aspect of this problem of legitimacy, problem of confidence. that is, what is the impact on the way we get our information, this bead with which we get our information, what is the