When are they going to stop fighting each other and represent their constituents . I dont understand why it theyre spyless. It embarrassed me. Gwen as citizens demand more of their government. But worry that they are getting less. Plus i have today submitted my resignation as secretary of defense. Gwen why the pentagon chief is stepping down after just two years on the job. Leadership, crises and ebb and flow of politics. Is there a long view to be had . We ask you and reporters covering the holiday week. Peter baker, chief white house competent for the new york times, dan vault, chief correspondent for the washington post. Susan davis, chief congressional corespondent for usa today. And pierre thomas, senior justice corespondent for abc news. From our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is. Ed by provided by funding for Washington Week is also provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and
Welcome. We continue our conversation with one of the worlds most influential economists sited by his colleagues in the field. Hes a nobel laureate, and hes mad as hell, infuriated by americas growing inequality as those at the top buy the politicians who write the rules that rig the system. Hes especially angry at how the tax code has been manipulated and abused to place the burden on the earners of ordinary income, instead of on the rich and powerful most able to pay. But Joseph Stiglitz says there are solutions. Heres what he told us in our last episode we have a tax system that reflects not the interest of the middle. We have a tax system that reflects the interest of the one percent. And i want to do is create a tax system that has incentives to create jobs. And if you tell a corporation, look it, if you dont create jobs, youre taking out of our system, youre not putting back, youre going to pay a high tax. But if you put back into our system by investing, then you can get your ta
When are they going to stop fighting each other and represent their constituents . I dont understand why it theyre spyless. It embarrassed me. Gwen as citizens demand more of their government. But worry that they are getting less. Plus i have today submitted my resignation as secretary of defense. Gwen why the pentagon chief is stepping down after just two years on the job. Leadership, crises and ebb and flow of politics. Is there a long view to be had . We ask you and reporters covering the holiday week. Peter baker, chief white house competent for the new york times, dan vault, chief correspondent for the washington post. Susan davis, chief congressional corespondent for usa today. And pierre thomas, senior justice corespondent for abc news. From our nations capital, this is Washington Week with gwen ifill. Corporate funding for Washington Week is. Ed by provided by funding for Washington Week is also provided by the annenberg foundation, the corporation for public broadcasting, and
Welcome back to night two of our conversation with joan rivers. I said last night in case you didnt see the show last night, if you didnt, go to the website and check it out. I said last night thai have been wanting to talk to joan rivers for so many years when i first moved to the city 27 years ago. Joan was the first comic ever i saw do standup at carlos and charlies. I have been trying the longest time, particularly when the documentary came out, i wanted to have you on. Couldnt make the dates work. Im delighted she is here for her new book, perennial New York Times bestselling author, joan rivers. Diary of a mad diva. Theres funny stuff in here. How did you know or is there no line for you . Have you such good questions. I have no lines. If i think it is funny, it is for life sucks. I always say scratch anybody and some will come out thats so amazing and so you will find out what they have been through. Had a you can be funny being everything. Goes back to lenny bruce who said ever
Has become controversial since publication in april of the best selling flash boys, wall street revoked by Michael Lewis. The former solomon brothers bonds salesman portrays hft as a two tiers class system where traders profiteer at the expense of ordinary stock investors. Here is how it works. Stock exchanges such as New York Stock Exchange sell bulk information about pending buy and sell orders to High Frequency trading firm. These firms use computers and proprietary software or algorithms to analyze the data and calculate at high speeds so they can buy or sell at fractions of a second in advance of orders placed by other investors locking in small profits per share multiplied by millions of trades, High Frequency trading is highly lucrative and constitutes 50 of stock trades on u. S. Exchanges. Is it unfair . Those with the Fastest Computers and best software have an advantage. Is it illegal . It doesnt clearly violate Insider Trading laws which profit by confidential information. N