System. Shes interviewed by david blumenthal, president of the commonwealth fund. Host hello. It is a pleasure to be here with you. I want to congratulate you on an incredibly readable in a thorough review of our problems in the Healthcare System and proposals for a solution. I have a ton of questions for you based on my background in the physician as a policy analyst and of course, also as an occasional patient. But first, i would like to ask a couple of question for context. The first one is why did you write this book and why did you write it al . Guest i worked on a series for the new york times. My first stop in that it was actually at the Commonwealth Club to learn a little bit more about the Healthcare System andd how it had gotten so very expensive. Then during that series, we solicited in love stories through social media. At the end of the series two years later, i had a kind of wow of patient stories and people that were smart just havent been able to make the system work. W
Out stay hydrated and keep in the shade, 60s and 70s around the bay and 80s inland. Sioux. Cheery and happy because things are looking pretty good on the roads this morning. Just minor delays cass krogs crossing the sab mateo bridge with a 20 listen minute drive over ate eight to san rafael. Hazy skies going to warm urp there as mike has been telling us in the next couple of days, but no trafbl delays as you make your way all the way to the golden gate bridge. Its looking really good this morning. Well take a quick look at some of your drive times if youre heading out now. It is a bit of a haul from 580 over towards dublin. Thats typical. Highway 4 and 101 theres your drive time from San Francisco to san rafael. Thank you. Pg e has seen the most heatrelate the outages in a decade. They say that more than 1200 customers are still without power, most of them in the south bay. We havent hit the hottest part of the week yet. Tiffany wilson with what the flechlt alert means for all of us. R
Economics and monetary policy. Another part of his coverage including the european car industry which gave motivated to write his new book, faster, higher, and farther the volkswagen scandal. Faster, higher, and farther has found an appreciative audience with readers and critics alike and praise of his research and narrative style publisher weekly rights his compelling prose makes the book reads like entertainment more than education and the story of volkswagens fall have the company cheated emission testing devices was exposed by West Virginia University Researchers and finally with public excited by the epa, is a study and corporate hubris. Interest in this now faded scandal may be confined to a niche audience but readers to pick up the book will be glad they did. Please join me in welcoming jack ewing. [applause] thank you very much, marc and its great to be at the politics and prose which i understand is quite an institution in the washington area. The way that this book got starte
Wargames start this trading week , a few jitters, a mixed the session, msci asiapacific nding declines from friday extending declines from friday. The palace intrigue, steve bannon returning to breitbart, the latest in high profile departures from the Trump Administration. Macrolike when it comes to asia and globally, but 54 or the eight, local Central Banks are what we are watching, culminating a week of fed speak from janet yellen and mario draghi in frankfurt this week ending up in wyoming, jackson hole, the central bank meeting, expect ring a cautious mario his comments about the Balance Sheet about Interest Rates and inflation taken wildly by the markets this year, but not expecting a massive policy surge from him, but there could be comments on how the stronger on inflationing expectations, and listening for Janet Yellens comments, guidance when it comes to the richer directory and talents sheet unwind. The ecb, not expecting shock and all from mario draghi. 2014 had him using ja
Solid, more than 11 million jobs have been created over the past eight years. The most recent employment reports show that at the end of 2016 the Unemployment Rate was 4. 7 that was the lowest level to end the year in a decade and less than half of the roughly 10 peak in 2009. Wages rose at their fastest clip since the Great Recession last year something American Workers have been waiting a long time for. December 2016 almost marked the 75th straight month of job creation the longest streak in the 75 years that they have been reporting. And americans quitting their jobs is rising. Confident that they can find a new better paying job quickly. The numbers look good. While every american is benefiting. Job growth has been concentrated in some industries more than others and in some parts of the country more than others. And also because the development of new technologies. So we decided to look at not just the quantity but the quality of those newly created positions. The nations employme