social policy. it was a stunning exercise of raw financial power designed to undermine the very foundations of democracy and free market capitalism thinks. not a big fan of democracy, as 2018 letter told america's ceos that they must, quote, respond to broader social issues. it was opposed to concentrating on the success of their businesses because governments are failing. prepare for the future. the following year is 2019. letter to ceos reiterate to the point declaring that some of the world's leading democracies have descended wrenching finance. but look, political dysfunction. and he asserted that american businesses needed to address pressing social and economic issues even the failure of government to provide long lasting solutions i think simply doesn't trust he doesn't believe our democracy is up to the job of governing. his solution he's going to bypass it. that is, to use his power and influence to compel u.s. businesses to address, he believes, are democracies failures. now, according to faith. society itself has been increasingly turning to the private sector and asking companies to respond to broader socia

we'll be asking the director of the social market foundation, theo bertram, and of course, myself andy fantastic panel will be answering questions from our wonderful studio audience. my our wonderful studio audience. my comedian guest this evening are christa wetton and kerry marx. hello, hello, welcome, welcome. how are you? are you all right? well. thank you. yes. you seem well. when i saw you two seconds ago. outside. i'm fine. how are you? i haven't changed, everything's wonderful. and. kerry, how are you? it's your first time on free speech. >> nation doesn't change over two seconds. i've noticed this. she's very, very unchanged. yes. yes. it's my first time on free speech nation. and my first time i've been allowed to talk to people. thank you very much for this opportunity. i don't want to over try and ingratiate myself with the audience, but you all look beautiful. >> that's it. classic. >> classic. >> classic. >> yeah. two people are at work, then? yes. so welcome. and how are you finding the stalls? it's are you finding the stalls? it's a different kettle of fish behind the