And what would you do with a spare 25 Billion Euros . Thats the question facing the irish Government Today as it delivers its budget following a huge Tax Windfall from Tech Firms. Live from london, this is business today. Im lukwesa burak. We start in the us where in the last 30 minutes tens of thousands of East And Gulf Coast Port workers have started striking for the first time in nearly 50 years. This comes after the international longshoremen s association and the us Maritime Alliance were unable to reach an agreement on the terms of their contract. The strikes will halt trade in a wide range of goods and disrupt the Countrys Economy just as we enter the final weeks before the president ial election. Our North America Business correspondent Ritika Gupt the two major sticking points between international longshoreman s association and the us Maritime Alliance are wages and automation for the workers are unhappy with the current contract which spanned the pandemic and dockworkers st
Governor hi sarah good morning. Marty good morning. Yeah, lot of restaurants here in San Francisco have been trying to thrive and survive off take out in delivery while others have just not even been doing that all these shut down, said it wasnt worth it for them because they depend on that Dinein Service for those customers who loved the experience and coming in here on Chestnut Street where a lot of restaurants have either closed down or theyve just been as i said doing the takeout and delivery so restaurants are just sitting idly by waiting to hear from governor Gavin Newsome and will be crucial to hear from an as hes releasing guidelines for reopening restaurants for dinein last week the California Restaurant Association sent a draft or recommendations to the Governors Office they include know sharing tables of course only family members or people who live together well be able to sit at the same table she will be able to grab dinner with a friend or anything like that but getting
Hochschild who was a Founding Member of americas communist party. [inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone, and welcome to politics prose. Hi name is matthew zipf, im part of the events team here. Each year we host close to 1,000 authors here at the wharf and at union market. Please see our web site, politics. Prose. Com or pick up a paper copy of our Events Calendar at the desk. Before the event, i do have a few short housekeeping items. First, please silence your cell phones so we dont have any buzzing or ringing during the event. When its time for the q and a session after the presentation, please come up to the microphone there as we are recording the event via audio. Please also make sure that your question is, in fact, a question [laughter] if you have a dissertation, we do have a selfpublishing arm. [laughter] well have a signing for the book up at the front at this table here after the event. If you do not yet have a copy, we have plenty available for sale at the regist
But essentially, monopolies and Financial Institutions that facilitate that monopolization across the country and thats what we are focused on. We have special concerns about the power of Big Technology platforms but in general we think that a lot of the economic and social problems that we are experiencing in this country today can trace back or be exact exacerbated by the dramatic outsized levels of Corporate Power that exists in our economy today. Host how did you come to that view . Guest we looked around at the world essentially. If you look at markets. If you look at Market Structure you will find that whether it is large markets like media, telecom, healthcare, online retail, amazon for example, or even small markets like Peanut Butter and cheerleading and watch components and software you have seen that over and over a handful of businesses and handful of corporations have rolled up those markets and essentially act as governing agents for other actors in that market. Host isnt
[inaudible conversations] good evening, everyone and welcome to politics and prose. My name is matthew zipf part of the events team. Each year we host close to 1,000 offer1,000authors across the the locations here at union market. If you would like a full list of the Upcoming Events please see the website, politicsprose. Com or you can pick up a copy of the calendar at the desk. Before the event tonight, i have a few short housekeeping items. First please silence your cell phone so they dont have any buzzing or ringing during the event. When its time for the session after the presentation, please come up to the microphone as we are recording via audio. Please also make sure your question is in fact a question. If you have a dissertation, we do have a selfpublishing arm. [laughter] we will have a signing up at the front of the table after the event. If you do not yet have a copy we have plenty available for sale at the register at the front of the store. Finally at the end of the event,