Created by americas Cable Television comedies as Public Service and brought to today by your Television Provider. This week on the communicators of democratic member of the federal trade commission, rebecca slaughter. Our guest reporter is leah nylund who covers technology and antitrust for politico. Commissioner slaughter, what has this pandemic fed like for you when it comes to your work at the ftc . Guest thank you so much for thinking for having me. It is a pleasure to be here today. Well, as you can see from my special guest here what this pandemic has involved for me in part has given me a brandnew baby and juggling those response abilities which is not a common occurrence for commissioners pandemic or no pandemic. Ive been muddling through that and then in terms of the work of the agency it has been a really important and really fascinating time. We switch to all telework pretty quickly and i will say it relatively seamlessly in march, which i was very impressed by but even thou
Spending Federal Reserve governor bernard said that the recovery remains highly uneven and without government funding our Government Spending long standing disparities in the economy and labor market could make matters worse in prepared remarks to an online conference bernard said premature withdrawal of fiscal support would risk allowing recessionary dynamics to become entrenched Holding Back Employment and spending increasing scarring from extended unemployment spells leaving more businesses to shutter and ultimately harming productive capacity last month Photo Officials said they plan to keep Interest Rates near 0 until the labor market has recovered while keeping inflation at a 2 percent for more on this and the overall state of the economy were joined by boom cohost christine and host of economic update and author of understanding socialism professor Richard Wolffe professor we have now heard from bernard from from powell that more stimulus is needed in order to continue this reco
Unfiltered new of government. Created by americas Cable Television companies on a as a public service, and brought to you today by your television provider. This week on the communicators, a discussion of tech issues that may play a role in campaign 20 20. Joining us from washington, d. C. Is berin szoka, techfreedom founder senior fellow. And from los angeles, Jessica Gonzales, free press coceo. Ms. Gonzales, i want to start with news that is breaking as we are taping this. That is a potential look at section 230, the liability portion of the Communications Act, and possible changes to it. What is your view and your groups view on section 230, and what do you think about possible changes . Jessica section 230 is an important mechanism to defend free speech on the internet. We think it should largely remain in place. Many of the attacks on 230, and especially the president s executive order he issued in response to twitter Fact Checking is very problematic censorship that runs contrary
Sales and the stock is hitting new highs. And finally teslas tumble, why the street is mixed on what actually came out of the companys battery day event yesterday. J j, though, jim, going to be the lead and you just called it maybe the best company we have in this country. Yeah, look, i think that i like triple a balance sheet, i like a company that continues to make the numbers, i like a company that pays a good dividend, has the best pipeline, most robust pipeline in pharmaceuticals and i like a company thats not a hype company. The fact that they are ready to do their vaccine now, full disclosure i am attempting to get into the trial, i think its everybodys duty to get into the trial they are the only one emphasizing the atrisk people they want people who we view as people who we need to protect. I dont hear that from any of the other companies. I like the fact they are willing to give it to their whole employee base. This is the way i think it should be done and i know people are c
What next for people is stronger than the someplace that. Is so strong that they can not be down. We celebrate the 30th anniversary for unification october 3rd on d. W. Case loads have been lower than forecast but the pandemic is hitting africas economy hard destructing tourism and other crucial sectors. With work at a standstill for many theres less money for food and shelter here in the Lavender Hill section of cape town volunteers are ever present to feed the homeless and show. Fictions are on the rise and lives are becoming more precarious. The pandemic meanwhile rages across the african continent cases in algeria and egypt are on the decline but are ticking up in morocco and tunisia. What would another wave of covert 1000. 00 mean for region already so hard hit. And welcome to georgia goes cold in 1000 special events in berlin its good to have you with us 3000000 people in south africa have lost their work because of the pandemic and as a result many have lost their homes correspo