Good afternoon. The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare recesses of the committee at any time. We welcome everyone to the second of our series of hearings investigating competition in the Digital Markets. This one on innovation and entrepreneurship. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. 30 years ago the First Software for the worldwide member was released into the Public Domain to create a Global Communications network. Within a few years, search and browsing services were built onto this software to give people tools to communicate, share, and explore information through decentralized platform that was designed to be open and nondiscriminatory. An internet pioneer and codesigner of the internets early architecture testified in 2006 on behalf of google that the overarches principle of the open internet was no central gatekeeper should exert control over the internet. As he noted this open and competitive environment meant ent
Boris johnson is now then you british Prime Minister. He vowed that the u. K. Will leave the e. U. On october 31. Well tell you why his job is harder than he may think. Carol plus, our conversation with the hilton ceo, chris nassetta, on how the trade spats are affecting his company. Jason but we begin with Bloomberg Businessweek editor joel weber. Joel, lets start with the International Cover. Its a look about the bond market, debt, whats going on . Joel cheap money has been around for a decade now, and it is having a profound effect in the Global Economy. We look at the ecb this week and negative rates. Negative rates has been an untested policy tool that japan was using. And now its starting to spread. It was going to go away, and now its back almost, and its just a profound idea that a bondholder would invest in something that, if you hold that for duration, youre going to lose money. It just goes against the principles of, like, investing, right . This is investing 101. Carol who
Harder than he may think. Carol plus, our conversation with the hilton ceo, chris nassetta, on how the trade spats are affecting his company. Jason but we begin with Bloomberg Businessweek editor joel weber. Joel, lets start with the International Cover. Its a look about the bond market, debt, whats going on . Joel cheap money has been around for a decade now, and it is having a profound effect in the Global Economy. We look at the ecb this week and negative rates. Negative rates has been an untested policy tool that japan was using. And now its starting to spread. It was going to go away, and now its back almost, and its just a profound idea that a bondholder would invest in something that, if you hold that for duration, youre going to lose money. It just goes against the principles of, like, investing, right . This is investing 101. Carol who wouldve thought if you go back even a decade ago, that we would in this environment . Here we are. And it affects everything. Joel the idea of
Eu on october 31. Traits pets are affecting his company. , we begin with editor joel weber. Joel, lets start with the International Cover. Its a look about the bond market, debt, whats going on . Joel cheap money has been around for a decade now, and it is having a profound effect in the Global Economy. We look at the ecb this week and negative rates. Negative rates has been an untested policy tool that japan was using. And now its starting to spread. It was going to go away, and now its back almost, and its just a profound idea that a bondholder would invest in something that, if you hold that for duration, youre going to lose money. It just goes against the principles of, like, investing, right . This is investing 101. Carol who wouldve thought if you go back even a decade ago, that we would in this environment . Here we are. And it affects everything. Joel the idea of low rates was to spur growth. Thats not happened. And this problem just keeps getting worse and worse and worse, and
Well tell you why his job is harder than he may think. Carol plus, our conversation with a ceo. Her traits bets are affecting his company. Jason but we begin with joel weber. Lets start with the International Cover. Its a look about the bond market, debt, whats going on . Joel chief money has been around for a decade now and it is having a profound effect in the Global Economy. We look at the ecb this week and negative rates, negative rates has been an untested policy tool that japan was using. And now its starting to spread. It was going to go away, and now its back almost, and its just a profound idea that a bondholder would invest in something that, if you hold that for duration, youre going to lose money. It goes against the principles of investing. This is investing 101. Carol who wouldve thought we would be in this environment . Here we are. And it affects everything. Joel the idea of low rates was to spur growth. Thats not happened. And this problem just keeps getting worse and