Different this time and what can we do to ensure that the coming era of change leads to not just productivity growth, but some degree of shared prosperity. And our focus is on the labor market on how we make the labor market function while for as many workers as possible, but that is where we see this as the opportunity and also the challenge. The lesson if you read the report from just last week one of the things we say is coming and im kind of critical on this with a well functioning labor market is the foundation for tha healthy middle class and the political system and without the foundation of opportunity and prosperity it is difficult for other things to work well. So our focus is on making the work work and that is why it is such an honor to have mary here today from the Indiana University research talking about her book and here is a photograph and here is the actual person. Just to give you a tiny bit of background, the earlier work has been on the sort of communication and us
In later tonight, former fbi agent Josh Campbell shares his thoughts on the fbi under president trump. That starts now. Check your Program Guide for more information. Here is author mary gray on labor and big tech. Welcome everybody. Thank you, thank you for coming. Im glad to see you all here. My name is a faculty member in the Economics Department and one of the cochairs of the mit work of the future task force that was commissioned by rafael wright, a year ago spring. The purpose of the task forces to engage and confront the sense that many have that the labor Market Technology is changing rapidly to understands why people are anxious, to figure out how concerned they should be, what is changing, what is different this time and what can we do to ensure that the coming era of change leads to not just productivity growth but to some degree of shared prosperity in our focus is on the labor market, on how we make the labor market function well for as many workers as possible, that is wh
America. He received his phd in american studies in 1983 from the university of kansas and is on the faculty of Catholic University for the past 35 years. His research and teaching interests include a variety of religion and cultural topics. Religious movements, religion and social change, fundamentalism, religion in American Culture, religion and globalization and religion and ecology. Please without further ado, join me in welcoming building us. Thank you. So, good evening everyone. I am delighted to be here and i am delighted that you are here on this rather hot, muggy, welcome to washington dc in august evening. I am going to start this with this image. Actually i had originally conjured up an image of Ralph Waldo Emerson and then i doctored it with long hair and beads and a headband and i looked at it a while and came to the conclusion that this would probably verged on sacrilege so instead, i am starting with this particular image and the title from walden pond to woodstock, the
President trump hinted negotiations with china might be called off. In hongeek of protests kong as business increasingly takes a hit. Get started with a quick check of the markets. U. S. Closed friday, stocks sagged on escalating trade tension. S p 500 down 7 10 of 1 . Falls afterng about the yuan devaluation. Losses were led by tech and energy stocks. Point the s p 500 falling 1. 3 after President Trump said next months talks could get canceled. Were paredse losses back after white house officials those back some of concerns. Semiconductors took some of the biggest hits. U. S. Futures unchanged at the moment. We will see how we are setting up for the market open in asia. Futures are pointing to a mixed reaction in asia. Friday thaty on trade talks could be called off. Is getting ready to release that list of chinese products to be slapped with 10 tariffs. Showing someoul weakness. We will be watching for to have his meeting with advisors. South korea and the philippines said to have t
Deputy Prime Minister, is in hospital after suffering a stroke on friday. England face norway in the quarterfinals of the womens world cup, after beating cameroon in a match dominated by drama and incident. And coming up on bbc news, england openerjason roy was back in the nets today. Hell miss tomorrows world cup match against australia, but could in time for india on sunday. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The tory leadership race has turned more personal, withjeremy hunt urging rival borisjohnson not to be a coward about facing public scrutiny. He said that mrjohnson should man up and debate with him on television, before most conservative members vote. It comes as sky news announced it was cancelling a planned debate for tomorrow because mrjohnson had declined to take part. Meanwhile, mrjohnson has been talking about policies, warning that the uk will face a democratic explosion if it does not leave the eu by 31st october. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley