Down which is what the white house wants people to think. They want people to believe that this is investigation that that is largely run its course, that there is no evidence of collusion and there for nothing to see there. Mueller is taking the opposite approach, he is working through white house officials, other pepeople who have been close to the president doing interviews and i think its important for people to remember also that when you do end up with these special counsel investigation and the first set of charges start come through tend to start at the bottom. Start with the low hanging grout. I dont think anybody should expect that if we do see indictments this week that witness be the last or the final announcement from the special counsel. Dickerson what have you made of the white house reaction to this . They was a prereaction in a week in terms of white house focus on democrats then the president is speaking a little bit about this on twitter this morning. Nothing animate
Carroll we are here with editorinchief megan murphy. It is all about the year ahead. Can you believe we are done with 2017 . Not quite, but almost. Megan so much has gone on. As you guys know, so much of the attention has been focused on the political year. Not just in america and around the world. There are so many things in 2017 it happened he would not have predicted. In 2018 we will double down and predict more things that may or may not happen. The most interesting thing from what i think about it 2018 is things are better than you think. You may have had an incredibly tough year. Regardless of where you stand, we have seen tremendous disruption, tremendous populism, voicing sentiments of parts of this nation, other nations we may not have always liked to see. But an underlying if you look at Economic Growth as a baseline measure of lifting tides, we are on a rising tide. Whether or not people will screw that up is another question. Carol there are a lot of things out there that c
Editorinchief, megan murphy. You have a big focus on tax reform this week. In business week, in the business section, you guys layout graphic. Megan we took a close look at the house plan. It is a serious attempts to implement major changes to the u. S. Tax structure. But also, there is just so much at politically. Stake with this politically. , and it is fascinating that a year after the election we are , 2016, giving to what republicans universally say is the real thing that they have to get it done now tax reform. ,and its tax reform. When anyone tries to get this done, there is a reason why it has failed traditionally in the past. Its because the u. S. Tax code is so complex and there are so many vestederest Trees Industries and sectors and people and special Interest Groups that relied on parts of the tax code that in a normal, system, you would not have had in there. What is fascinating about the tax plan is how much that it raises the deficit which has long been anathema for rep
Editorinchief ellen pollock, and i want to take a look at your focus on section, and it is all about design. You take a look at zambias stephen center. What are they . Ellen they are small store like places that were set up by an ngo with the help of idea. Org. And they are meant to bring young women in and explain to them about Birth Control. Turns out so many young people in zambia get pregnant. They do not have enough information about Birth Control. The way they are reaching them is by doing things like putting padding and putting on nail polish and a way of making it an easier conversation. They are doing it in urban areas and finding it is really working. David 30 of women under the age of 18 get pregnant, and that is astonishing. How did they come up with this idea to do it this way . Ellen they realized what they were doing when they said we want to talk about reproductive planning, they did not want to talk about that. But when they did it this way, they were very responsive.
Editorinchief ellen pollock, and i want to take a look at your focus on section, and it is all about design. You take a look at zambias stephen center. What are they . Ellen they are small store like places that were set up by an ngo with the help of idea. Org. And they are meant to bring young women in and explain to them about Birth Control. Turns out so many young people in zambia get pregnant. They do not have enough information about Birth Control. The way they are reaching them is by doing things like putting padding and putting on nail polish and a way of making it an easier conversation. They are doing it in urban areas and finding it is really working. David 30 of women under the age of 18 get pregnant, and that is astonishing. How did they come up with this idea to do it this way . Ellen they realized what they were doing when they said we want to talk about reproductive planning, they did not want to talk about that. But when they did it this way, they were very responsive.