To the conference this morning. Held under the under the auspice of common good and columbias center on and society. Nearby is philip howard, founder of common good and a senior fellow of the center. So were linked together. Hes a principal organizer of this conference with its theme reempower human Agency Agency as economists come to recognize for work to be meaningful, it has to working people some degree of. Not the mechanical work of in neoclassical economics. Without that the workers suffer, as Richard Sennett argued in his book of some years ago, the culture of the new capitalism. Philip howard has been making another point, one yet not absorbed, i think, by economists. The absence of human agency into bureaucracies prevents them. The bureaucracies from generous getting the services needed by the public. Here it is in the case of sennett, it was the workers that were suffering here. Its the consumers and producers who are suffering because theyre not getting good service. As phil
Turned of today. The deadline looms as pressure mounts on President Trump to drop his wiretapping claim against president obama or prove it. Heres errol barnett. The president has one of two choices, either retract or to provide the information that the American People deserve. Reporter republican senator john mccain today said he has no reason to believe President Trumps claim of being wiretapped. I hope we get to the bottom of all these matters. Reporter Republican Senate Intelligence Committee member, tom cotton said he has seen no supporting evidence, neither has the ranking democrat on the house Intelligence Committee. Either the president quite deliberately for some reason made up this charge or perhaps more disturbing the president really believes this. Reporter last weekend, President Trump tweeted that president obama ordered surveillance of trump tower during the election. He offered no evidence or further explanation. No, i said im not aware and im not aware. Reporter press
Turned over today. The deadline looms as pressure mounts on President Trump to drop his wiretapping claim against president obama or prove it. Heres errol barnett. The president has one of two choices, either retract or to provide the information that the American People deserve. Reporter republican senator john mccain today said he has no reason to believe President Trumps claim of being wiretapped. I hope we get to the bottom of all these matters. Reporter Republican Senate Intelligence Committee member, tom cotton said he has seen no supporting evidence, neither has the ranking democrat on the house Intelligence Committee. Either the president quite deliberately for some reason made up this charge or perhaps more disturbing the president really believes this. Reporter last weekend, President Trump tweeted that president obama ordered surveillance of trump tower during the election. He offered no evidence or further explanation. No, i said im not aware and im not aware. Reporter pres
To vote for this, but were not going to vote for it. This has to do with a massive shift of wealth from working people to the richest people in this country. It is a 275 billion tax break for the top 2 . Millionaires will get about 50,000 a year in tax breaks, while at the same time, some 5 million to 10 Million People are going to lose their Health Insurance. Premiums are going to soar. The aart says if youre 64 years of age and making 25,000 a year, youll pay up to 7,000 more for your Health Insurance. Theyre going the defund planned parenthood, deny over 2 million women the right to choose the health care that they need. Theyre going to decimate medicaid, which is why the american medical association, the ama, and the American Hospital association oppose it, in addition to the aarp. This is a what speaker ryan says its an unfair comparison, because the people who have coverage now have coverage in a rick etty system that is getting worse, Insurance Companies are dropping out of the
If the Justice Department has any proof of wiretapping at trump tower a Congressional Committee wants that evidence turned over by tomorrow. The deadline looms as pressure mounts on President Trump to drop his wiretapping claim against president obama or prove it. Heres errol barnett. The president has one of two choices, either retract or to provide the information that the American People deserve. Republican senator john mccain said today that he has no reason to believe President Trumps claim of being wiretapped. I hope we get to the bottom of all these matters. Republican Senate Intelligence committee member, tom cotton said he has seen no supporting evidence, neither has the ranking democrat on the house Intelligence Committee either the president quite deliberately for some reason made up this charge or perhaps more disturbing the president really believes this. Last weekend, President Trump tweeted that president obama ordered surveillance of trump tower during the election. He