it could play a big role in the incoming biden administration. i thought we should begin with the big picture that you lay out in the book. when people hear the title, they might say of course, no one likes monopolies or dealing with monopolies but really, this book is about bigger issues you are warning about, the trends across the economy but i think many people may not fully understand so i thought you could maybe set the scene for us and describe what you see happening. thank you so much for taking the time to talk with me about this book. thank you t c-span for having me he to talk about it as well well. we all know the monopoly stuff. what s been happening over the last several decades, our economy has been getting highly concentrated and there s been consolidation on an ongoing sis that let s basically every major sector of o economy be run by just a few companies. we hear a lot about big tech monopolies but tech or food o cultur, you will have a mopoly problem. i m
even though we may not get that in our lifetime, even if experienced hardships and disappointments along the way, at least still have faith we can create a more perfect union. not a perfect union but more perfect. good morning and welcome to a special edition of washington post live. i am hoping columnist for the washington post and founding director of this project and for this special conversation this morning, i am joined by my dear friend, elizabeth alexander. president of the andrew w foundation. good morning. good morning. it s wonderful to be together. it is wonderful to be together. we both welcome our guest for this conversation. forty-fourth president of the united states, barack obama. i assume you recognize that guy in the middle there. good morning. washington post put up good guns for this one. we are a so excited to see you. i am very grateful you guys took the time. we are so excited to talk to you about your book but this is a news o
my honorable friend is right about the need to support local business particularly in the hospitality sector. in addition to the 3000 pound grant, another grant of 2100 pounds among businesses in the hospitality and accommodation sector on top of the support we have given by for low and business rates and in dat which support the hospitality sector. i m aware how difficult it is in hotels that face a tough time, we would to our level best to support and give 1.1 billion to local countries to help them support businesses facing difficulties. but one thing to the house as we come out of the lockdown, the way forward is not just through the vaccine that we hope we will start rolling out in the course of the next few weeks and months but it is the prospect of mass communication and i pay tribute to the people of liverpool who really stepped up, hundreds of thousands in liverpool have been tested and that seems to have helped to drive the virus down in liverpool and we want to s
technology companies coming up in front of congress. we know that mark zuckerberg will be taking questions and even delaying earnings. taylor: we are speculating here. we don t know why they have not confirmed that but we assume they are those hearings delayed from today. stock market reactions, so priced to perfection. unless you are revaluing them, the strongest balance sheets, because we are in a s in a structural change, they are the only companies growing 20% with 30%, let s say you get a beat or meeting expectations, the market reaction has been a little bit to the downside with some of the smaller tech companies. is market reaction post that interesting but a week later we forget about what happens after earnings. caroline: microsoft was down after earnings. tesla had a big selloff last week. sherry, we were talking earlier about the weakness of the u.s. dollar. how much is that starting to have you looking outside of the united states? we had a call for getting into
scandal. we will have an exclusive interview with the ceo. and ebay s ceo steps down from his role after turmoil at the global market site. who next will help invigorate the flattering company? first, to our top story. continued regulation in the u.s. and across the globe was the hot topic at the global business forum in york, where the question being asked was, will regulations stifle innovation? erik schatzker sat down with the ceo of google and alphabet. there are areas where we are already leaning into regulation. google s privacy has been sacrosanct. it is your data. early on, we invested in things like privacy control so that it is easy for you to find your data. 20 million people go to our privacy controls every day, and we keep trying to improve them. 20 million people go every day. of relationship you want to have? if you were trying to figure out the fastest way to get here and you google, how do i get to the helpfulick the, it is to have that anchor in your locat