The last theres been a lot of talk about over last generation, the last 40 years really highlights the challenges of measuring economic values. A lot of people take the view that there hasnt been much progress, much growth in incomes, economic stagnation over that period of time. And i often try to put the lie to that assertion by asking people to whether theyre low income, middle income, high income, raise your hand if you wanting to back to 1975 and there usually arent a lot of takers. But one think is undeniable is we have been living through a period of economic stagnation and im peter and joined the Cato Institution a year ago as president and over that time brink linsey has done a job trying to explore growth slowdown, one is understanding the growth slowdown and another is reviving Economic Growth. For the first time in my life we had gdp growth hasnt reached 3 and at the time i joined cato 13 months ago i was hopeful i was actually hopeful because when we lived through economic
Marriage on the oneyear anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, and america has drifted from the founders original ideas of liberty and justice. And those are just a few of the authors on booktv this weekend. For a complete television schedule, go to booktv. Org. Booktv, 48 hours of nonfiction books and authors, television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] were going to get started. I have a lot of books to mention, so i want to make sure i get them right. Thanks for all being here, and thanks especially to the folks on our panel, mark, steve and george. Were really pleased that youre here. The last theres been a lot of talk about that over the last generation, maybe the last 40 years really highlights the challenges of measuring economic values. A lot of people take the view there hasnt been much progress, much growth in incomes, economic stagnation over that period of time. And i often try to put the lie to that assertion by asking people whether theyre low income, midd
Monterey an Economic Disaster for crabbers and northern californias economy but tonight the state says fishermen can now set their traps for dungeness crab anywhere from point reyes, heres the key, its from point reyes and south. All of this comes just hours after the state senate discussed the Economic Disaster of that delayed season and they also called on the federal government to declare a disaster. In modern history, we have never seen the crab harvest delayed like this. The joint committee requested the Governor Brown issue a disaster declaration. That happened. Governor brown has now issued a request for a federal declaration. Its now on the federal side with the secretary of the interior. Reporter so its not a one size fits all crab season is back on. The ban on dungeness fishing remains in effect north of point reyes so its only from point reyes southward you can fish for crab safely. And this is all also important. The state says it is only safe to eat the fleshy white meet o
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Ron so there are children alive today that would not have been born if not for machinery so maybe it is not so monday and after all. Another example. The smart phone in your pocket right now is chock full of dirty algorithms using a Machine Learning to address to read you are saying to correct your spelling errors, predicted he will do and make suggestions using gps and you can compare that with your calendar to see if you will be late for meetings. All this is happening today with the help of Machine Learning and as we progress cell phones and what Companies Develop will learn more and more and as a result with all of this economic value is no wonder that Tech Companies are all over it they are investing heavily in Machine Learning so google recently paid half a billion dollars for a company that has no customers and no product pitches had better learn the of the rape of rhythms that led to predict what people will click on. That alone is worth half a billion dollars every year as ano