Same frustration that caused me, my coauthor, and so many others to look around and say what were doing isnt working. And people come at this from any position. 10 years ago,his first out of the National Debt crisis. Michael porter came to it out of my invitation but also because he has been doing work on Harvard Business school on our economic competitiveness and whether we are a country that can grow jobs and grow income levels. And other people come to it from specific policy angles, which is that every policy organization has begun to come to the communication realization that they may have a fabulous policy idea but he has absolutely zero chance to be successful in congress because the system is dysfunctional. And now people across the board are coming to it because theyre frustrated with the division, with the diff dysfunction, and the lack of progress in washington, d. C. And certainly really veryr two troubling tragic elements that we see, the governments response to the corona
Katherine first, im seeing the same frustration that caused me, my coauthor, and so many others to look around and say what were doing isnt working. And people come at this from any position. So i came to this 10 years ago, first out of the National Debt crisis. Michael porter came to it out of my invitation but also because he has been doing work on Harvard Business school on our economic competitiveness and whether we are a country that can grow jobs and grow income levels. And other people come to it from specific policy angles, which is that every policy organization has begun to come to the communication realization that they may have a fabulous policy idea but he has absolutely zero chance to be successful in congress because the system is dysfunctional. And now people across the board are coming to it because theyre frustrated with the division, with the diff dysfunction, and the lack of progress in washington, d. C. And certainly recently, our two really very troubling tragic e
Susan katherine gehl, in your notebook, you write the american political system has become the cause of our decline in the barrier to address the problems it exists to solve. When you look at america today, what are you seeing . Katherine first, im seeing the same frustration that caused me, my coauthor, and so many others to look around and say what were doing isnt working. And people come at this from any position. So i came to this 10 years ago, first out of the National Debt crisis. Michael porter came to it out of my invitation but also because he was doing work at Harvard Business school on our economic competitiveness and whether we are a country that can grow jobs and grow income levels. And other people come to it from specific policy angles, which is that every policy organization has begun to come to the realization that they may have a fabulous policy idea, but it has absolutely zero chance to be successful in congress because the system is dysfunctional. And now people acr
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Im joinedho today by two incredible offers tha authors te going to help us with American Health care. Katherine eban, investigative journalist and the articles on counterfeiting have Won International attention and numerous awards. She lectures frequently on the topic of pharmaceutical integrity, the inside story of the generic drug bill and the book was published by harpercollins as a bestseller. For the majority of the lowcost of Generic Medicines made repealing fraud and dire conditions educated at Brown University in oxford where she was a Rhodes Scholar lives in brooklyn with her husband, two daughters and dog, romeo. Doctor marty makary told policy at Johns Hopkins university and author of the best seller unaccountable and influential voice for position in the wall street journal and usa today he was the lead author of the articles introducing a checklist adapted by the world health organization. Hes been elected to the academy of medicine and he lives here in washington, d. C. A