Time its turn at the podium. Im chris edwards. Editor of cato. Thanks for all you folks coming today. Infrastructure is certainly a priority issue for the new administration. President trump has repeatedly called for a trillion dollars infrastructure plan. We dont know exactly what that means. Does he mean a trillion dollars in new federal Government Spending or does he mean the plan put together by his advisors wilbur ross that called for a tax credit for new investment in infrastructure . Im not a fan of either of those approaches, so im hoping that the white house is open to different ideas on infrastructure reform such as the ideas that are panelists are going to be talking about today. Everyone agrees that America Needs to improve the efficiency of its infrastructure investment, trump has talked about deregulation as one way to reduce the cost of infrastructure. Hes talked about for example, reducing the cost of highway building so we would get more and better highways and so i th
His work on consumers very when i was a grad student in 1980. He told us with work on price indices. Welfare,elong on wellbeing, and health have been major contributions to the thismic literature area decade, as the rest of us became attuned to any quality the world, these contributions has guided Public Policy descriptions and debates. Rising morbidity and mortality in midlife alone white americans in the First Century resonates strongly in the political environment. A warm greeting to sir angus deaton [applause] deaton good afternoon. Its a real preserve to be here. For that wonderful introduction. I think of myself as someone who is gotten on with what i am working on. Delighted that so many people are interested in this. Ive been thinking about inequality since i was a graduate student in the 1960s. One of the things i appreciate about the current environment is hasextent to which it become a serious manner of debate across the political spectrum. Lets we start with a few facts and
Students to produce documentaries telling us what is the most urgent issue for the new president and congress to address in 2017. Students competed for the chance to win one of 150 prizes totaling 100,000 in prize money. We received almost 3,000 entries from 46 states, plus the district of columbia, england, germany, singapore, and taiwan. Now were happy to announce our first place winners. In the middle school category, the first Prize Winners are 8th graders molly doherty, camden lewis and tony decker for their documentary, u. S. Gun violence, a complicated puzzle. The first place winner is 11th grader Matthew Gannon from washington d. C. For his documentary titled invisible which deals with homelessness. Matthew also won this years fan favorite contest and will receive an additional 500. In the High School Central category, our winner is 12th grader jared clark from Royal Oak High School in royal oak, michigan for his piece, enough is enough, dealing with pharmaceutical pricing. Our
Students to produce documentaries telling us what is the most urgent issue for the new president and congress to address in 2017. Students competed for the chance to win one of 150 prizes totaling 100,000 in prize money. We received almost 3,000 entries from 46 states, plus the district of columbia, england, germany, singapore, and taiwan. Now were happy to announce our first place winners. In the middle school category, the first Prize Winners are 8th graders molly doherty, camden lewis and tony decker for their documentary, u. S. Gun violence, a complicated puzzle. The first place winner is 11th grader Matthew Gannon from washington d. C. For his documentary titled invisible which deals with homelessness. Matthew also won this years fan favorite contest and will receive an additional 500. In the High School Central category, our winner is 12th grader jared clark from Royal Oak High School in royal oak, michigan for his piece, enough is enough, dealing with pharmaceutical pricing. Our
Course, part of which will be discussed today by vince. The attempted assassinations, none of which succeeded which reflects a lack of confidence, we will hear about today. Looking back at that time, the charges almost seemed quite quaint. There is very little success in knocking off these leaders right and left. As you know, at least on a couple of occasions, taking out an american citizen. Looking back at that time it almost seems quaint. It will be fun to revisit with my colleague who has a phd from the university of maryland and democrat diplomatic in American History. Areareas of Research Scientific and technological issues during world war ii and the early part of the cold war. He also got a masters in relations between the soviet union and the United States. You might get questions on the that. That is a lively topic. I should also say that he has taught extensively at the university level, high school level, and will School Middle school. I would think middle school would be th