Captioning performed by vitac many have expressed concern that facebook could outcompete banks and nondepository Financial Institutions and become some sort of Financial Services monopoly. I understand facebook has demonstrated a dominance in the social media space but i want to better understand this Financial Services monopoly idea. The Libra Association is made up of 28 pounding members, more to come, many of which have played in the Payment Processing space for a long time. Some of these firms are very large, visa and mastercard have billions of cardholders and process trillions of dollars worth of transactions. Some have argued that this association is a thinly veiled attempt at facebook eventually attempting to create a bank. It may or may not be, but i am more reminded of another Payment Innovation that started in the 1950s and 1960s as associations of likeminded companies, the Bank Card Payment networks. Banks issued their own cards, but banded together as Regional Bank card as
This is hardtalk. A quarter of lebanons population are Syrian Refugees, which is putting the countrys infrastructure and resources under increasing strain. The party of my guests, Ghassan Hasbani says he wants to send them home. Some leading politicalfigures there are calling for the refugees to be sent home. But since some in the government have ruled out talking directly to president assad, how can they be sure any returning refugees would be safe . Ghassan hasbani, welcome and thank you for being with us. After one and a half million syrians have sought refuge in your country. About a quarter of your population. How big a threat those that represent . M quarter of your population. How big a threat those that represent . It is a threat those that represent . It is a huge economic and social burden. Lebanon welcomed all these syrians at the beginning, given the humanitarian situation as they were in. After a while, several years on, the numbers have increased significantly and they ha
Hardtalk. Hello and welcome to hardtalk, im shaun ley. A quarter of lebanons population is syrian, refugees of war. Now the party of my guest, deputy Prime Minister ghassan hasbani, says enough is enough. It wants to send them home but says it rules out talking to President Assad how can it be sure theyd be safe. The government say its a burden the undermines the countrys future is this the biggest threat or is it a political system that is entrenched sectarianism, legitimized bigotry and encouraged corruption so bad, it cant even keep the lights on . Hardtalk theme music. Ghassan hasbani, welcome to hardtalk, thank you for being with us. Up to 1. 5 million syrians have sought refuge in your country in the course of the war. About a quarter of your population now. How big a threat does that represent to lebanon . Initially, it is a huge economic and social burden on the country, no doubt. Lebanon welcomed all these syrians at the beginning, given the need, the humanitarian situation th
Hardtalk. Hello and welcome to hardtalk, im shaun ley. A quarter of lebanons population is syrian, refugees of war. Now the party of my guest, deputy Prime Minister ghassan hasbani, says enough is enough. It wants to send them home but says it rules out talking to President Assad how can it be sure theyd be safe. The government say its a burden the undermines the countrys future is this the biggest threat or is it a political system that is entrenched sectarianism, legitimized bigotry and encouraged corruption so bad, it cant even keep the lights on . Hardtalk theme music. Ghassan hasbani, welcome to hardtalk, thank you for being with us. Up to 1. 5 million syrians have sought refuge in your country in the course of the war. About a quarter of your population now. How big a threat does that represent to lebanon . Initially, it is a huge economic and social burden on the country, no doubt. Lebanon welcomed all these syrians at the beginning, given the need, the humanitarian situation th
Wants to spray and he has been spraying our sunlight dependent. Host Zachary Goldfarb, i know you dont cover epa specifically but the president , Climate Change is part of the agenda this year. Guest thats right and the president is putting money into funding and he proposes billions of dollars for Climate Research and for related endeavors. Epa specifically most o of the time is not necessary for new initiative of just concurrent operations and epa is missing some major controversial regulations, for example, the revelation of coalfired power plants both new and old. Theyre trying to put coalfired power plants, Scott Gration of new plants that are badly in fund. Its very controversial. Many republicans and businessmen hate that idea, but its the main executive action the president can take to try to combat Climate Change. Host marji in macon, georgia. Caller hi. Iwatches i think you all need to have some different callers. When you have the reporters lined up in the morning because th