Gridlock Break
104 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 74 ratingsInsightful, nonpartisan and critically important discussions on America's toughest problems between elected leaders, public health and economic experts.
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Grover Norquist Discusses the Most Effective Forms of Bipartisanship
August 14, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBGrover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform, or ATR, a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR organizes the Taxpayer Protection Pledge, which asks all candidates to commit themselves to oppose all net tax increases. Norquist also chairs the DC-based Wednesday Meeting, a weekly gathering of more than 150 elected officials, political activists, and conservative movement leaders. Today, he shares his views on the most effective forms of bipart...
Sir Clive Gillinson Discusses the Impact COVID-19 has had on the Arts
August 12, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBSir Clive Gillinson is a British cellist and arts administrator. He is best known for his long tenure as the Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra from 1984 to 2005, and his current position as Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall. Today, he will discuss the arts community, how they have been affected by COVID-19, and how they hope to recover. Sir Clive Gillinson notes that Carnegie Hall is not merely home to a prestigious arts venue, but also maintains extensive e...
No Labels National Co-Chairs Chris Stadler and Howard Marks Discuss Weathering the COVID-19 Economy
August 10, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBHoward Marks and Chris Stadler are the National Co-Chairs of No Labels. Howard is the Director and Co-Chairman of Oaktree Capital Management, a global investment management firm with headquarters in Los Angeles. Chris Stadler is a Managing Partner at CVC Capital Partners, based in New York. Howard Marks and Chris Stadler focus a lot on the disconnect between the stock market and the economy. As they note, the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department have infused the market with unprecede...
Lonnie Bunch, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Discusses the Impact of COVID-19 and Racial Turmoil in America
August 07, 2020 11:34 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBLonnie Bunch III is a historian and curator who now serves as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. He was previously the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Today, he will discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Smithsonian Institution and the current racial turmoil in America. Secretary Bunch is hopeful that this could be a moment of possibility, not unlike other times of unrest that have pushed the country forward. For perh...
Political Consultant Frank Luntz Discusses Social Unrest, The Economy, and COVID-19
August 05, 2020 13:41 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBFrank Luntz is an American political and communications consultant, pollster, and pundit and the author of Words That Work. His well-known focus groups often highlight the importance of language in shaping public opinion and policy. Today, he will discuss the social unrest in America, the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic and the disappointing leadership coming from both political parties at the moment. Frank Luntz notes a few unprecedented developments in public opinion. Racial equality prote...
Oscar Munoz, Executive Chairman of United Airlines, Discusses the Future of Travel
August 03, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 60 MBOscar Munoz is the executive chairman of United Airlines, having previously served as CEO from 2015 to 2019. Today, he will discuss how United and the airline industry have navigated the economic and health challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and what to expect from the industry moving forward. Oscar Munoz says airlines were the first industry to feel the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic because of the global nature of both the disease and the industry. However, he proudly notes the efforts...
The Mayor's Perspective: Mayor David Holt of Oklahoma City and Mayor Bryan Barnett of Rochester Hills, MI
July 31, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBDavid Holt became mayor of Oklahoma City in 2018, voted in with 78% of the vote. Before taking office, he served in the Oklahoma State Senate for eight years. And Bryan Barnett has served as mayor of Rochester Hills, Michigan since 2006. He also serves as President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Today, they will discuss the challenges of serving as mayors during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor Holt explains that Oklahoma City began to experience COVID-19 rather late in comparison to other c...
Alan Dershowitz Discusses His Beliefs on Attacks on Free Expression
July 29, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBAlan Dershowitz is a lawyer and a scholar of constitutional and criminal law. At the age of 28, he became the youngest person awarded a full professorship at Harvard when he began teaching at Harvard Law School. He retired in 2013 after almost 50 years. He has also been part of a number of high-profile cases, including those involving OJ Simpson and Harvey Weinstein, and Donald Trump’s impeachment. Today, he discusses what he believes to be dangerous attacks on free expression nationwide. ...
Vice President Dan Quayle Answers Questions About Making Progress Through Bipartisanship
July 27, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBDan Quayle was elected to represent Indiana in Congress in 1976 and in the Senate in 1980. In 1988, he ran as George H.W. Bush’s running mate, and served as vice president until 1993. Since 1999, he has been Chairman of Global Investments at the private equity firm, Cerberus Capital Management. Today, he will discuss the bipartisanship on which he relied while in office, his foreign policy concerns in a post-COVID world, and the alienation in politics today. Vice President Quayle is concern...
Senator Joe Lieberman on the Importance of Compromise and Bipartisanship
July 24, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBJoe Lieberman represented Connecticut in the Senate from 1989 to 2013. In 2000, he ran as Al Gore’s Vice Presidential running mate on the Democratic ticket. Now, he serves as the national chairman of No Labels. Today, he will discuss the critical importance of bipartisanship at this moment in American history. Senator Lieberman emphasizes the importance of compromise in U.S. history, beginning with the Constitutional Convention and the famed Connecticut Compromise which created the US House...
Richard Epstein Evaluates the Government's Response to COVID-19
July 22, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBRichard Epstein is the Inaugural Laurence A. Tisch Professor at NYU School of Law. He has served as the Peter and Kirstin Bedford Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution since 2000. His newest book, The Dubious Morality of the Modern Administrative State, was published by the Manhattan Institute in November 2019. Today, he will discuss the impact of COVID-19 on higher education and the questionable assumptions that have been drawn from many COVID-19 models. Professor Epstein believes Americ...
Founder of BET, Robert Johnson, Discusses the Future of America and Economic Equality
July 20, 2020 15:38 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBRobert Johnson co-founded Black Entertainment Television (BET) in 1979, which became the first black-owned company on the New York Stock Exchange. He also founded RLJ Companies, a holding company that invests in a number of different sectors. Today, he will discuss the current racial unrest, the future for black Americans, and the economic impact of COVID-19 on the black community. Robert Johnson contends that the killing of George Floyd and police brutality will shape the attitude of blac...
MLB Managers Dave Roberts and Bruce Bochy on the Future of Baseball
July 17, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBBruce Bochy won three World Series titles between 2010 and 2014 as manager for the San Francisco Giants. And Dave “Doc” Roberts is the manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He has led the team to win the National League West every year since he took over the position in 2015. Today, they will discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic and the heated debate over racial justice have affected major league sports, specifically baseball. Well it looks like the shortened 2020 baseball season will be more o...
Harold Kim Discusses Liability Concerns Emerging Around COVID-19
July 15, 2020 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBHarold Kim is the president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform. Before assuming the role, he served as Executive Vice President of the Institute and was also special assistant to the President in the White House Office of Legislative Affairs under President George W. Bush. Today, he will discuss the liability concerns emerging amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Harold Kim says he is hearing concerns about COVID-19 liability from so many different sectors, with specific worries about me...
PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan Discusses How the PGA is Navigating COVID-19 and Debates Over Racial Justice
July 13, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBJay Monahan became the fourth commissioner of the PGA Tour in January of 2017 and has worked for the Tour since 2008. Today, he explains the history of the PGA Tour, how it is navigating the COVID-crisis and debates over racial justice, and how it plans to safely get players back out on the links. COVID-19 has impacted sports in so many ways and the PGA Tour is no exception. It had to cancel over 14 events this spring and now even as the sport returns, it will be under very different condi...
John Kasich Discusses the Importance of Bipartisanship During COVID-19 and Beyond
July 10, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.2 MBJohn Kasich served as governor of Ohio from 2011 to 2019 after having served nine terms in the US House of Representatives. He ran for the Republican nomination for president in both 2000 and 2016. Since he left office, he has joined CNN as a contributor. Today, he will discuss the bipartisan work he is doing throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and his frustration about the lack of national political leadership. Governor Kasich describes the COVID-19 pandemic as a black swan event and he thin...
Janet Napolitano Discusses the Responses to COVID-19 by Local Governments and the Federal Government
July 08, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MBJanet Napolitano served as governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009, and then as Secretary of Homeland Security from 2009 to 2013 in the Obama Administration. Since 2013, she has served as president of the University of California system, the first woman to hold that role. Today, she will discuss the various responses to the COVID-19 crisis from state governments, from federal agencies, and from university systems. Governor Napolitano can see the current national health crisis from a number o...
Lawrence Summers Discusses Economic Trends in the COVID-19 Era
July 06, 2020 08:00 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBLawrence Summers previously served as Chief Economist of the World Bank, Secretary of the Treasury in the Clinton Administration, and director of the National Economic Council in the Obama Administration. He also served as president of Harvard University, where he is now a professor. Today, he discusses economic trends in the COVID-19 era. You just heard Lawrence Summers talk about how so many economic trends have been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. He sees our chief economic problem...
German Ambassador Emily Haber Discusses the German Experience Fighting COVID-19
July 03, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBAmbassador Emily Haber has been German Ambassador to the United States since June 2018. Prior to her transfer to Washington, DC, she served in various leadership functions at the Foreign Office in Berlin. In 2009, she was appointed Political Director and, in 2011, State Secretary, the first woman to hold either post. Today, she will discuss the German government’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic and what they are doing to protect their citizens and economy. Ambassador Haber explains that...
Chief Gary Ludwig Discusses COVID-19's Impact on Frontline Workers
July 01, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBChief Gary Ludwig has managed two metropolitan EMS systems (Memphis and St. Louis), and has pioneered many concepts which are now standard practice in fire and EMS systems nationwide. He currently serves as the fire chief of Champaign, Illinois and is President and Chairman of the Board of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. Today, he will discuss the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on frontline workers, in particular, on firefighters. Firefighters are the largest provider of em...
Dr. James Canton, Global Futurist and Social Scientist, on Global Trends
June 29, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBDr. James Canton is a renowned global futurist, social scientist and author, who has advised three White House Administrations and over 100 companies. As a former Apple Computer executive and high tech entrepreneur, he is a longtime forecaster of the key trends and technologies that have shaped our world. Dr. Canton is CEO and Chairman of the Institute for Global Futures and today, he’ll discuss what comes next for technology in the post-pandemic era. Dr. Canton is confident that the US ca...
Former FAA Administrator Michael Huerta
June 26, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBMichael Huerta was the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration from 2013-2018. He also held senior positions in the Department of Transportation during the Clinton Administration. Today, he will discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel industry, specifically air travel, and what consequences and safety measures we can expect to see in the future. Flights are down over 60% and passengers are down 90%. And we are not likely to see a rapid rebound. For companies ...
Jonathan Reckford, CEO of Habitat for Humanity, Discusses the State of Affordable Housing in America
June 22, 2020 12:19 - 1 hour - 56 MBJonathan Reckford has been the CEO of Habitat for Humanity since 2005. Before that, he served as an executive at Circuit City and the Walt Disney Company, as well as an executive pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Minnesota. Under his leadership, Habitat for Humanity has grown from serving 25,000 families per year to serving over 300,000. Today, he will discuss worldwide housing issues amid this generational health and economic crisis. Jonathan Reckford believes affordable housing ha...
Representative Emanuel Cleaver Discusses How America Can Address Racial Inequality
June 19, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBEmanuel Cleaver has represented Missouri in the US House of Representatives since 2005. Previously, he was mayor of Kansas City, as well as the pastor of St. James United Methodist Church. Today, he will discuss several ideas he believes can combat systemic racism and inequality and expand opportunities in communities nationwide. Representative Emmanuel Cleaver began his career in the civil rights movement, working for Dr. Martin Luther King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference. And a...
Anne-Marie Slaughter and Glen Weyl Discuss their Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience
June 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBAnne-Marie Slaughter is the CEO of New America, a think and action tank dedicated to renewing the promise of America, and a Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University. From 2009–2011, she served as director of policy planning for the United States Department of State, the first woman to hold that position. Glen Weyl is a political economist and social technologist whose work focuses on harnessing computers and markets to create a radically equal and cooperative...
Mark Penn Discusses the Results of the May 2020 Harvard CAPS/Harris Poll
June 12, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MBFor decades, Mark Penn has been one of America’s foremost experts on measuring and shaping public opinion. He is the founder of The Stagwell Group, a private equity fund, who previously held senior executive roles with Microsoft and WPP. He also led or served as a senior advisor on campaigns of President Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, and British Prime Minister Tony Blair. Today, he takes the pulse of America amid the historic COVID-19 pandemic. Mark Penn runs through recent polling on a n...
Jeff Currie of Goldman Sachs Discusses the Energy Markets and what can be Learned from the Reopening of China’s Economy
June 08, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 46.9 MBDr. Jeff Currie is global head of Commodities Research at Goldman Sachs, where he has held various positions since 1996. His research helps the firm and its clients with corporate risk management programs, short and long- term commodity investment strategies and asset allocation. Today, he will discuss the energy markets, recent trends in the oil industry, what can be learned from the reopening of China’s economy, and developments that have arisen from the COVID-19 epidemic. Dr. Currie exp...
Mark Cuban Discusses the Need for Leadership and Understanding
June 05, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBMark Cuban is an entrepreneur, television personality and investor. He is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, co-owner of 2929 Entertainment, and one of the main “shark” investors on ABC’s Shark Tank. Today, he’ll discuss the kind of leadership he thinks we need, both in government and business, to get us through this national and international crisis. Mark Cuban explains that, right now, we find ourselves in the midst of two pandemics: a viral one and a social one. At a moment like this, h...
Dr. David Skorton discusses the effect of this pandemic on healthcare enterprises throughout the country
June 03, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBDr. David J. Skorton is president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, a not-for-profit institution that represents the nation’s medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic societies. Dr. Skorton previously served as the 13th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the president of the University of Iowa and Cornell University. Today, he discusses the effect of this pandemic on healthcare enterprises throughout the country, and what he thinks it will take for ...
Dr. Richard Besser, President and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
June 01, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBDr. Richard Besser is the president and CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the United States' largest philanthropy focused solely on health and health care. Besser is the former acting director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ABC News’ former chief health and medical editor. He was recently named to a multi-state council by Governor Phil Murphy of New Jersey aimed at restoring the regional economy. Today, he discusses what his foundation is doing throughout thi...
John Barry, Author of The Great Influenza, Discusses Similarities and Differences Between Coronavirus and the 1918 Pandemic
May 29, 2020 15:21 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBJohn Barry is the author of the 2004 book The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, a comprehensive study of the 1918 Influenza pandemic, which has gained a resurgence in light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic. He has authored two recent OpEds in The New York Times in which he compares the subject of his book with our current health crisis, and enumerates some of the lessons we can learn from that outbreak and apply to our handling of COVID-19, which he discusses to...
Scientists to Stop COVID-19
May 27, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBToday, we are joined by a panel of leading medical professionals who recently formed the group Scientists to Stop Covid 19: Doctors David Liu, Michael Rosbash,Stuart Schreiber, Ramnik Xavier and Edward Skolnick come from different disciplines and research areas, but have united behind this effort to help policymakers develop a comprehensive and science based approach to stop this virus. Today, they will discuss promising treatments for COVID-19, including Remdesivir and various Monoclon...
Secretary Tom Vilsack Discusses the Impact of Covid-19 on Agriculture, Farmers, and Rural Economies
May 25, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBTom Vilsack was the governor of Iowa from 1999 until 2007 before serving as President Obama’s Secretary of Agriculture. Since 2017, he has served as the president and CEO of the US Dairy Export Council, a trade group representing the interest of US dairy producers. Today, he discusses the unique impact the pandemic is having on agriculture, farmers, and rural economies. US agriculture has been hit hard by this virus. As Secretary Vilsack explains, school closures have decreased the demand ...
Dr. Campbell Harvey on the Future of the Economy and the Recovery
May 22, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBCampbell R. Harvey is a professor of finance at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He served as President of the American Finance Association in 2016. Today, he discusses the most pressing economic decisions facing America in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, what we can learn from the responses of other countries, and how his original forecasts have changed as the crisis has progressed. This crisis allows us to...
Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, on the Impact of Infrastructure after COVID-19
May 20, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBDan Doctoroff was deputy mayor of New York City for Economic Development and Rebuilding under Michael Bloomberg, taking office right after 9/11. After that, he was the CEO and President of Bloomberg LP, the leading provider of news to the global financial community. He is now the CEO of Sidewalk Labs, an urban innovation company he founded in partnership with Google that develops products, services and platforms to help make cities become more efficient. He recently wrote an OpEd in The New ...
Clinical Professor Richard Berner Discusses the Economic Effects of the Virus and Washington's Response
May 15, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBRichard Berner is a Clinical Professor of Management Practice at the NYU Stern School of Business. He was a counselor to the U.S. Treasury Secretary from 2011 to 2013, before becoming the first director of the department’s Office of Financial Research. Today, he’ll discuss the effects of the current crisis on the economy and his perspective on Washington’s response. As Dr. Berner explains, the path of economic recovery is entirely dependent on containing coronavirus, which itself is depend...
Philip K. Howard of Common Good Discusses How to Overhaul the Way Government Works
May 13, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 41.2 MBPhil Howard is the founder and CEO of Common Good, a nonpartisan reform coalition with the goal of restoring the freedom of officials and citizens to use common sense. He is a noted commentator on the effects of modern law and bureaucracy on human behavior and the workings of society, and he recently authored an OpEd in The Hill calling for an independent, bipartisan commission tasked with decisions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, which he discusses today. Mr. Howard argues that the spr...
Dr. Deepak Srivastava and the Science of Infection, Testing, and Treatment
May 11, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBDeepak Srivastava is president of Gladstone Institutes. He is also the Younger Family Professor and a senior investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and director of the Roddenberry Stem Cell Center. At UC San Francisco (UCSF), Srivastava is a professor in the departments of pediatrics and biochemistry and biophysics. Today, he discusses novel approaches to COVID-19 diagnostic testing, treatments, and prevention. Dr. Srivastava dives right into the three key compone...
Dr. Mickey Levy and Dr. Robert Kaplan Discuss How to Get the Economy Open Again
May 08, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBDr. Mickey Levy is chief economist for the Americas and Asia for Berenberg Capital Markets, LLC. He has over 30 years’ experience conducting economic and public policy research and forecasting global and US economic and financial market performance. Dr. Robert Kaplan is an American accounting academic, and Emeritus Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. Today, they discuss their recent OpEd in the Wall Street Journal, “How to Get America Working Again,” and what m...
The Science Behind COVID-19 with Dr. William Haseltine
May 06, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.9 MBFollow No Labels • Twitter • Facebook • Instagram
Dr. Michael Osterholm, Director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP)
May 04, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MBDr. Michael Osterholm is an internationally recognized expert in infectious diseases, and from June 2018 through May 2019, he served as a Science Envoy for Health Security on behalf of the US Department of State. He was awarded a regents professorship in Public Health and is the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP), at the University of Minnesota. He recently authored an article in The Atlantic in which he described the coming coronavirus winter, which h...
Former FEMA Director, Craig Fugate
May 01, 2020 08:00 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MBCraig Fugate is one of the world’s leading experts in emergency and crisis management, having served as President Obama’s FEMA. During his tenure, he led the agency through more than 500 presidentially declared major disasters and emergencies. He also guided U.S. assistance in international disasters such as the earthquake in Haiti and the Fukushima nuclear meltodwn in Japan. Today, he discusses the administration’s crisis management of the COVID-19 pandemic, what has been done, and what sho...
Governor Jared Polis of Colorado shares his perspective as a Governor managing the COVID-19 Crisis
April 29, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 34 MBGovernor Jared Polis of Colorado is an entrepreneur, education leader, and public servant. By the time he had turned 30, he’d launched three successful companies, including ProFlowers, one of the world’s leading online flower retailers. He was elected to Congress in 2008, and was elected Governor in 2018. Today, he discusses the efforts being made by his state to curb the effects of COVID-19, how the crisis management systems already in place have needed to adjust to the current crisis, and ...
Dr. Kenneth Davis, President and CEO of Mount Sinai Health System
April 27, 2020 08:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MBTrained in psychiatry and pharmacology, Dr. Kenneth Davis became president and CEO of Mount Sinai Health system in 2003. He is in a unique position to speak about the impact of COVID-19 as many of his nurses and doctors are on the front lines of fighting it in New York. Today, he discusses how his team is managing the pressure, the financial pressure this crisis is putting on hospitals, which treatments are showing early promise in patients and where New York and the nation go from here. Dr...
Paul Romer and Senator Bill Cassidy Discuss the Importance of Testing in Order to Return to Normalcy
April 24, 2020 08:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBEconomist and policy entrepreneur Paul Romer is a co-recipient of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences and University Professor in Economics at NYU. He has spent his career at the intersection of economics, innovation, technology, and urbanization, working to speed up human progress. He discusses, along with Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, how rapidly increasing the use of COVID-19 tests – for both current infections and antibodies – could start us on the slow path back to normalcy....
Glenn Hubbard Discusses Economic Recovery and the Federal Reserve Response to COVID-19
April 22, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBOn this episode of Gridlock Break, we hear from Glenn Hubbard, the former dean of Columbia Business School and Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors. He explains why the current Federal Reserve lending program for businesses hurt by coronavirus may be doomed to fail and makes the case for a massive new infrastructure program to help restore demand across our economy. The Fed’s focus on minimizing loan losses will prevent many solid small and medium sized businesses from gett...
James Broughel Discusses State and Federal Regulations Related to COVID-19
April 20, 2020 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBJames Broughel is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and an adjunct professor of law at the Antonin Scalia Law School. He specializes in state and federal regulatory procedures, cost-benefit analysis, and economic growth. Today, he applies that expertise to the current COVID-19 pandemic, as he challenges the regulations that have been put in place for testing and suggests reforms that could bring effective tests to the public faster. Dr. Broughel poin...
Congressman Josh Gottheimer and Congressman Tom Reed Discuss the Government's Response to the Coronavirus Crisis
April 17, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBOn this episode of Gridlock Break, House Problem Solvers Caucus co-chairs Josh Gottheimer and Tom Reed discuss the economic relief measures in the recently passed CARES Act as well as plans for subsequent federal support for businesses and individuals hit by the Coronavirus. They also look ahead for what it will take to reopen the economy and give people the confidence to get back to work. Although Washington has already delivered a historic federal response to deal with coronavirus’ econo...
Dr. David Katz Discusses a More Measured Response to Coronavirus
April 14, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBDr. David Katz has spent much of his career in an attempt to prevent life-threatening aspects of daily life. He is the founding director of Yale University’s Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Initiative, the founder and president of True Health Initiative, and the founder and CEO of Diet ID. His March 20, 2020 Op-Ed in the New York Times entitled “Is Our Fight Against Coronavirus Worse Than the Disease?” has begun a discussion in the medical field about the scale of the country’s response to ...
Former US Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky Discusses COVID-19's Impact on Global Trade
April 10, 2020 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBFollow No Labels • Twitter • Facebook • Instagram