Council. Good afternoon. We have a Different Event for you this afternoon. Thank you for coming. The title of i say this is a little bit unusual because this is kind of a deeper dive than usual into history. It is very fornt understand the past and understand what we are today. We spend a little more time on the historical today than on the current dimension. It has gotten short since the awful events in the early 1930s. We have a wonderful panel for you today. I dont think i need to name all of them. You have people well prepared to discuss this very serious topic. Let me just say two more things. One, this event is timed in part to something very unusual. A full length regular movie, bitter harvest is coming to a theater near you later this week. You may have seen this over the weekend. I have seen it. I have seen it more than once. It keeps your attention. It is a way to do this in this post modernest age. You can follow us at at futureukraine. I think im done. I think ill introduce
And god bless america. I am tom perez. As donald trump approaches his first 100 days in office, he is struggling to distract from his broken Campaign Promises by trying to present himself as some kind of a moderate. We have seen this con job before. The assault on hardworking families began on day one. Familiest harder for to save for retirement. Courte on the supreme wants to turn back the clock on womens reproductive rights. He targeted immigrants and has torn families apart. He is trying to ram through a health care bill. His careless and cowardly leadership has only continued this past week. On tuesday, the administration eliminated critical protections for millions of americans with student loans. President trump would rather let big corporations bury them under mountains of debt. It hurts our entire economy. Most want to have the Skilled Workforce in the world, we should be encouraging people who want to further their education. Trump is putting Higher Education further out of re
This week on the communicators, a discussion of Economic Policy and federal communications commission. Our guest is halsinger, an economist and season fellow the George Washington University Institute of public policy. Dr. Singer in a recent paper you cao authored, the curious absence of Economic Analysis the federal communications commission, an agency in search of a mission is the title. You write that the fcc is often an economics free zone. What do you mean by that . Guest i mean that they are not taking economics into consideration when making policy decisions. They are instead relying on noneconomic evidence, the popular whims and fancies of the die reach decisions that have tremendous economic import. Host has it always been that way . Guest its not always been that we. We chart the ebb and flow of economic influence. This is not the first time that economics has been relegated to something well below the eighth floor. But we havent seen something in recent history quite like th
[inaudible conversations] good afternoon. Welcome to the Washington Institute. I am robbed that last comment there and im delighted to welcome you to this special event. Before you begin, if i can ask everyone to take your iphones or sam sans or whatever and turn them on island because we are broadcasting live on cspan 1. Please watch your language, speaking clear tones of people around the world can hear us today. You are free to to eat as much as you like because we are eager to get the message of todays discussion out far and wide. It is not often that one can time the publication of the new book so precociously to an International Event or perhaps i should say its not often one can arrange an International Referendum in a faraway country to be time perfectly with the publication of a new book. But as it turns out, we have today this confluence of events. We have the referendum and hurt you in turkey that although the results and process where provocative and remain controversial, i
Today, here on cspan, live coverage of israeli Prime Minister, benjamin, speaking at the center for American Progress at 3 00 eastern time. And, a hiring our heroes conference. Here is a look. While our servicemen and women are deployed, their spouses are the ones who take care of their families at home. They care for the children. They manage the finances. And, they pray that their husbands and wives will return home safely. Rodriguez andt in wife joined us at a ranch 2013 at 2014 for the bush Center Annual warrior bike ride. About hisne talked years in service at the air force, she said, week, i. Y, we, served 25 years i did not realize the impact it was going to have. That is why it is so important to make sure that while our servicemen and women receive the support they need, that we care for their families as well. As we have heard this morning, employment support is the Perfect Place to start. Studies show that post9 11 veterans face higher rates of unemployment than their civili