Potential impact it has on the United States and global markets. This is about an hour. [inaudible] thank you all for joining today. Happy new year. Have you here at aei. With the clock running, i want to kind of moved into a broader discussion. We had the opec deal reached in november, and this comes after watching the price go up and down over the year. 2017, the question is will the price hold . The newon for president elect donald trump and his administration, and also for you producers and nonopec producers. It is an interesting moment. I thought of looking at the price of oil before coming to the event, and it is at about 55. That is about the range they were hoping for back in november. It is an interesting moment to watch. Discussion,t with we will give a few moments for opening remarks, and then we e the full that one moment moment. The full one i believe you also served at one point in the Bush Administration in the white house. The reagan administration. And we have the coor
Earlier wed been talking about the neutrality network, and Net Neutrality, i thought, was a little catchier. I didnt think it would catch on, but somehow it did. Host the president this week, proofer wu professor wu, spoke about Net Neutrality. Heres what he had to say. Im weighing out a plan to keep the internet free and open, and im urging the fcc to do everything they can to protect Net Neutrality for everyone. They should make it clear whether they use a computer, phone or tablet, internet providers have a legal obligation not to block or edit your limit to a web site. And they cant let any company pay for priority over its competitors. To put these protections in place, im asking the fcc to reclassify Internet Service under title ii of a law known as the telecommunications act. In plain english, im asking them to recognize that for most more thans the internet has become an essential part of everyday communication and everyday life. Host tim wu, whats your reaction to what the pre
The Bipartisan Policy Center and the Concord Coalition all offering their views. Live coverage on cspan2. The Supreme Court recently heard oral argument in the case balancing federal whistleblower protections against National Security. The case involves robert maclean, a u. S. Air marshal fired for telling a reporter that the tsa canceled missions on commercial flights that required marshals to stay overnight. His supervisor told him that the cancellations were to save money, believing the tsa action risk passenger safety can maclean leaked the information to a reporter prompting congressional criticism and leading to the tsas reversal of his decision. Next up, the oral arguments in Homeland Security department versus maclean. Will hear arguments first this one in case 13894 of the department of Homeland Security versus robert maclean. Spent mr. Chief justice, and may place a corporate in section 114 r , congress directed tsa to promulgate regulations prohibiting disclosures that would
In 2013 to approximately 6. 2 Million Barrels a day by 2020. At present more than 80 of current production is exported, but with Economic Growth drive g ing demand for oil and oil product in Subsaharan Africa we expect it will shift to much greater domestic use. On the natural gas front, major new discoveries are generating excitement in Global Markets and will be will provide fuel for africas growing economies. Among the countries with the most important emerging Gas Developments are mozambique, tanzania, uganda and madagascar where there have been major progress steps made for commercial development of newly discovered sources in recent years. In the power sector electrification rates in Subsaharan Africa are unfortunately among the lowest in the world as has been noted. North africa, by contrast, has electrification rates of over 99 , but in Subsaharan Africa, the rates are average, only 32 , meaning that more than 620 Million People lack access to modern Energy Services. And as the
Improving quality for health care. But to the extent we want it to happened to make sure the incentives are right but for decades they have not been aligned. There is an opportunity here to save Small Businesses a lot of money to grow more rapidly. Just very briefly defied the incentives. For years the primary symptom is that it is such a powerful point if you look at one mans cost or another mans revenues of the cost that you pay if you compare our performance versus other industrialized countries you spend 60 percent more than other countries but you dont see better quality measures or outcome so the incentives the opportunity to modify those incentives by the act and the contract being that it encourages is profound but what you see is hospitalization come down but that means they glad of business and that is a real challenge to say that is not a good thing but it can accommodate the extra volume with those spee mori efficient if they become more efficient than this model can work.