University Presidents Under Scrutiny & Climate Deals in Dubai 12/08/23

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🗓️ 8 December 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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After the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania testified on Capitol Hill this week, UPenn President Elizabeth Magill’s comments sparked backlash among the public and one of her colleagues. Concerns that university presidents are equivocating on the issue of condemning antisemitism on their campuses has prompted a nationwide debate over the role of academia and the business of higher education. President of Brandeis University Ron Liebowitz says, there’s no gray area in creating safe spaces to learn, at least for him. The November jobs report delivered some welcome economic news for the Federal Reserve, ahead of the central bank’s two-day meeting next week. Plus, CNBC’s Diana Olick is on the ground at COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference, and CNBC’s Robert Frank fact checks the great wealth migration: New York has not lost all its millionaires. Ron Liebowitz - 14:02 Diana Olick - 23:42 Robert Frank - 27:43 In this episode: Ron Liebowitz, @BrandeisU Diana Olick @DianaOlick Robert Frank, @robtfrank Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Cameron Costa, @CameronCostaNY

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0:00.0	Bring in show music please.
0:04.0	This is Squawk Pod from C and B.
0:07.0	I'm producer Cameron Costa and on today's podcast
0:11.0	University presidents are under scrutiny for their handling of anti-Semitism on
0:16.2	campus and one Capitol Hill testimony is going viral.
0:20.4	It is a context-dependent decision, Congresswoman. It's a context dependent decision, Congresswoman.
0:23.2	It's a context dependent decision.
0:25.2	That's your testimony today calling for the genocide of Jews.
0:28.6	President of U Penn, Elizabeth McGill's comments to Congress, and then her other clarifying comments a day later.
0:36.0	I think they know it's disgusting in part because the presidents almost invariably have backtracked
0:41.1	a day or two after and this keeps happening.
0:44.0	We speak with the president of Brandeis University about the role of college leaders.
0:49.0	We all have codes of conduct and those codes of conduct spell out things that are much more stringent than the First Amendment.
0:54.8	And so therefore, it's not that gray, at least it wasn't for me.
0:57.6	Plus the other headlines today, a pretty good jobs number for the Fed to work from, big climate deals in Dubai,
1:06.1	and has New York really bid farewell to all of its billionaires?
1:10.6	Our wealth reporter Robert Frank says maybe not.
1:13.0	A new report from the fiscal policy center
1:15.0	says the wealth flight from New York during COVID was temporary.
1:18.0	It's Friday, December 8th, 2023,
1:22.0	and Squawk Pod begins right now.
1:24.0	Stand Becky by in three, two, one, Q, please.
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