Passing house bill 2, the super Majority Republican Legislature and my predecessor the republican governor signed this horrible bill into law that discriminates against Lgbt Community and has hurt our state, its put a stain on our reputation. The first thing we have done is to repeal house bill 2. Rose for a look at how there is a steppedup engagement by American Forces in syria and iraq, we talk to Michael Gordon of the New York Times. The sustainable political outcome is something that goes beyond the capabilities of the military. This is something that has to involve the state department, has to involve allies, it has to involve maybe treasury, some degree of economic support from the International Community if not from the United States. It has to be what the military likes to call a whole of government approach. Thats missing at this point in time. If there is a strategy, they havent shared it with anybody. Rose and a conversation with our friend jay bilas about the final four. I
Policy decisions. They are instead relying on noneconomic evidence, popular whims and fancies of the day to reach decisions that have tremendous economic import. Peter has it always been that way . Dr. Singer it has not always been that way. That is what the paper is about. Try to set up and low of influence over time. We have been in periods like this before. It is not the only time that economic decisions have been relegated well below the eighth floor. But, we have not seen anything in recent history quite like this as we have seen under the wheeler fcc. Peter you write decisions are often made under the tom Wheeler Administration that are devoid of Economic Analysis. How did we get that . Dr. Singer we posit that we think the fcc has largely lost its way in light of the authority or lack thereof that congress has given it. The telecommunications act, the last time it was revised was done in a day before the internet was on anybodys mind. The top of anyones mind. Theres not a lot of
He is an economist and also a senior fellow at the George Washington institute of public policy. Dr. Singer, in a recent paper that you coauthored, the curious absence of Economic Analysis at the federal communications position, an agency in search of a mission is the title, you write that the fcc is often an economicsfree zone. What do you mean by that . Guest what i mean theyre not taking economics into consideration making policy decisions. Theyre instead relying on noneconomic evidence, the popular whims and fancies of the day, to reach decisions that have tremendous economic import. Cspan has it always been that way . Guest it hasnt always been that way. That is what the paper is about. We chart ebb and flow of economic influence offer time. Weve been in periods like this before. This is not the first time that economics has been really gated to something well below the 8th floor, but we havent seen something in recent history as weve seen under the wheeler fcc. Cspan you write of
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
Good morning, today is wednesday september 21, 2016, this is the regular meeting of the building inspection commission. I would like to remind everyone to please turn off all electronic devices, the first ie fem on the agenda is roll call. President mccarthy. Here. Commissioner konstin . Here. Commissioner lee . Here. Commissioner gilman. Here. Commissioner walker . Here. Commissioner clinch is excused along with our newly appointed commissioner warshell. We have a quorum and the next item is president s announcements. Good morning, everybody, and we have a pretty full calendar, thank you for all attending here nor the wednesday september 21, 2016 building inspection commission. With that, i would like to open this commission today in honor of rose pack who passed away last week and obviously as somebody thats been involved in the building world, rose has been a force of nature in this community, in the San Francisco community in particular in her own community for many, many years, so