Does he have the ability to do this, do you agree with the decision . Sen. Schumer i agree with the decision and i know that he will check things out legally. Thank you, everybody. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] a we take you live to discussion on fiscal policy in the Incoming Biden Administration and congress, hosted by the brookings institution. Size i think is ambiguous and policy occur through a political process. I would rather see something that is a little bit smaller but that could pass this week or next week, rather than wait for something that is a little bit until, but will not pass february. If you look at the output gap, i think a trillion dollars is a reasonable figure for the next round of stimulus. I think democrats should be willing to take a couple hundred billion dollars less than that. Republicans should be willing to take a couple hundred billion dollars more
With the cares act in march and prevented the covid pandemic from doing even more harm to the economy and welfare of americans than it did. The cares act is essentially been spent, many people are about to lose benefits. Unless Congress Acts. And unless Congress Acts fiscal policy soon will be a drag on growth. They are still more than 11 Million People still unemployed by the official count. Most economists and certainly those gathered here today agree more fiscal support is necessary. Following that discussion, we turn to an issue predating the pandemic him one that persists. How to think about the federal debt and very low Interest Rates. Its growing and unsustainable rate. There is sentiment among comp economists for doing anything about that right now. When is a debate about how and how best to address that Going Forward. Had to balance the risk and cost. And too little Public Investment. We look at that issue with the paper posted on our website. By two veterans of economic polic
Cofounder for the center for Humane Technology. Tim kendall, former director of monetization at facebook and former president of pinterest. Now ceo of moment. They join me for a virtual conversation on this edition of bloomberg studio 1. 0 along with safiya noble, an associate professor at ucla and author of a bestselling book on bias in technology, to talk about what the movie got right, wrong, and chart a path toward the social solution. Each of you has been a voice in the conversation around big techs unchecked power, and i am curious, when was the lightbulb moment for you . What was the moment that sparked your desire to speak out . Tristan i think the moment for me was when i was at google and it was about 2012, having studied at this lab at stanford called the Persuasive Technology lab, i saw more and more of my friends decisions were about building engagement and growth and less and less about a genuine, sincere intent, or how do we build technology that empowers people and does
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And welcome to cross town where all things are considered im Peter Lavelle the media environment is bleak if you disagree with the official narrative youre called a conspiracy theorist never mind many official narratives actually are conspiracy theories and is big tech and war with populous. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest george samueli in budapest hes an author and the you tube read the gavel and in moscow were joined by dmitri bobbitt she is a political analyst and editor and knows me internet Media Projects are gentlemen go. Some proof in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it i mean when i got an email here in moscow as i said in my introduction if you disagree with the official narrative somehow youre a conspiracy theorist but over the last few years and particularly i have in mind russia gate ukraine gate even go further back with saddam and weapons of mass destruction the theres plenty of official conspiracy theories that ha