Tuesday 23 April 2019
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JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Co-host: Larry Kudlow, Director of the National Economic Council under US Pres Donald Trump.
Hour One
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 1, Block A:. Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re: Virtue vs. pocketbook matters.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 1, Block B: Elizabeth Peek, TheHill and Fox News; in re:
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 1, Block C: Tunku Varadarajan, Hoover, in re: Sri Lanka.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 1, Block D: Bill Whelan, Hoover, in re: Bernie’s numbers.
Hour Two
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 2, Block A: John Tamny, RealClearMarkets, in re: S&P 500 at a record high. [So’s the Nasdaq. —ed] Ray Dalio! He embraces the capitalist system and also is most worried about rising inequality, which he calls an existential threat to society. . . . Venezuela has been wrecked by government, not by private enterprise. Rich people create opportunity. . . . Trade deficits signal that we’re a magnet for investment. . . . ADP is the most prominent payroll firm in the US; creates monthly unemployment stats. The govt does this (in an antiquated and less-than-thorough way) at $640 million a year, whereas ADP does it with several employees and offers it to the public for free.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 2, Block B: John Tamny, RealClearMarkets, in re: The Federal Reserve. . . . The Phillips Curve.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 2, Block C: Bill McGurn, WSJ, in re: Nôtre-Dame cathedral. Secularism and laïcité. “La laïcité en France est un principe constitutionnel qui distingue et sépare le pouvoir politique des organisations religieuses.” . . . The big problem in France is that they believe in nothing. France as eldest daughter of the Church.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 2, Block D: Robert M Cutler (@RobertMCutler), energy security specialist and Fellow of the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University; in re: Central Asian, and other, pipelines. Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli or Azeri-Chirag–Deepwater Gunashli is a complex of oil fields in the Caspian Sea. Called ACG offshore pipeline. Developed by SOCAR and BP. Production starts in 2023. Pipeline capacity: 1 million Bbl/day. BP, Exxon, Chevron. Companies prefer not to have a small stake, which gives them almost no control. Pres Sisi at White House last week: Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum. Smart of the US to be an observer here. Next (second) meeting: will begin making big decisions. Over more meetings will figure out structure, institutional mandates, etc. Main goal: send gas to Egypt, turn it into LNG, ship it out.
Hour Three
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 3, Block A: Lee E Ohanian, Hoover senior Fellow, in re: healthcare in California.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 3, Block B: Paul Gregory, Hoover senior Fellow, in re: Ukrainian elections: April fool! The comedian actually won by a large margin. Volodymyr Zelensky.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 3, Block C: Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re: NASA and space.
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 3, Block D: Robert Zimmerman, BehindtheBlack.com, in re: NASA and space.
Hour Four
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 4, Block A: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, by Kristen Iversen
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 4, Block B: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, by Kristen Iversen
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 4, Block C: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, by Kristen Iversen
Tuesday 23 April 2019 / Hour 4, Block D: Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats, by Kristen Iversen