Amazon’s High, Food Inflation, & Antisemitism Report Cards 4/12/24

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🗓️ 12 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The Anti-Defamation League has released its Antisemitism Report Cards, grading U.S. universities on rates of antisemitism and administration responses to discrimination against Jewish students. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt explains why institutions like MIT, Harvard, and Princeton got failing grades, and what it means for prospective students. As food inflation rises, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses rising costs, dwindling farmland, and encouraging entrepreneurship among American farmers. Amazon stock has hit an all-time-high, nearing a $2T market capitalization; head of internet research at Evercore ISI Mark Mahaney explains his stock picks for the tech sector. CNBC’s Julia Boorstin reports that the divest-or-ban TikTok bill is hitting snags in the Senate. Plus, what do Taylor Swift and Squawk Pod have in common? We’re both nominated for a Webby Award! Vote for Squawk Pod here and support our special series, "Charlie Munger: A Life of Wit and Wisdom," featuring our final interview with the Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chair. Mark Mahaney Julia Boorstin 13:37 Tom Vilsack 16:34 Jonathan Greenblatt 24:48 In this episode: Jonathan Greenblatt, @JGreenblattADL Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer, today on Squawk Pod.
0:10.0	Food prices surging in the U.S. and changes to the heartland, Secretary of Agriculture,
0:15.2	Tom Vilsack, on turning farmers into entrepreneurs.
0:19.8	We've been far too focused on just productivity and that has driven many many many people
0:24.6	off the farm. We've lost 544,970 farms. The top schools failing at
0:30.9	inclusion, the Anti-Defamation league giving some colleges bad grades on
0:35.5	combating anti-Semitism on campus. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt joins us.
0:40.6	If your idea of diversity, equity, and inclusion perpetuates the exclusion of Jews, that's wrong.
0:48.0	Plus, Amazon hits a record high on Wall Street, the retailer slash cloud provider
0:53.8	slash AI play can maybe do everything.
0:56.9	Analysts Mark Mahaney on the rally.
0:58.8	It's our number one pick in the internet space.
1:01.3	It's Friday, April 12th. Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:05.0	Stand back you by in three, two, one, Q, please.
1:10.0	Good morning, everybody. It's a Friday. Here we go. Welcome to
1:14.9	Squackbox right here on see NBC. We are live from the NASDAQ market site in
1:18.7	Times Square. I'm Becky Quick along with Andrew Ross
1:21.7	Sorkin. Joe is out today.
1:24.0	Let's take a look at how things are shaping up on this Friday morning
1:27.0	and after a pretty wild ride this week
1:30.0	over the course of the week,
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