Nonfiction books and authors. We are in location at Princeton University in new jersey where we are interviewing a professor has written books. Now on your screen a familiar face and name to those in economic circles alan blinder who is a professor of economics former vice chair of the Federal Reserve as well. His most recent book, after the music stopped the financial crisis, the response and the work ahead. Professor blinder who caused the recession . Guest this is like one of those things, how long they offer an explanation . I think easter with a poco principle. It was thus and they ask mainly in this case people speculating on houses, people taking mortgages they knew her half fake couldnt afford and more sophisticated people. It that was the ordinary q. And then you have the allegedly more sophisticated people it turned out to the not so sophisticated who are at the other end of this food chain buying up the crazy securities that wall street builds on the crazy mortgages. The poc
I had the first interviews with the cuban five spies since theyve gotten released by obama. And we were able to put together a sevenminute video that ran on the web that had really great stuff. Both from interviews and walking the streets of havana with these guys who were celebrated as National Heroes down there. If i had to do that for one of the network news, it would have been, if i could have gotten two minutes, it would have been a real gift. But i was able to do something much more in depth, and much more satisfying actually. Jack brian, is that proliferation of what youre able to expose the public to one of the reasons why abc chooses to make a very large investment in your team . Brian i think so. Jack if you just had the nightly news maybe you wouldnt , be able, they would want to make that investment. Brian im not sure about that but i know that we are encouraged, almost demanded of us, for instance, the story about the iraqi army and allegations theyre committing war crimes
Source that was found by the mtc staff. Thats whats before you today. The resolution that the mta board of directors passed approving a free muni for low income youth did not specify what Funding Source the money came from. It left that question open. But in terms of the funding that were talking about, we have to make clear that the mtc provided in the approval for the use for this very type of pilot, that in fact it was found the funding at the request of someone in fact commissioner tiny of marin, so that this kind of a pilot that were talking about could be funded with this money. So the idea that was put out there, that somehow this is not what this funding was intended for, respectfully is not happened at the mtc. But the main point that i want to make is this. You know, i dont know that anyone herei0÷s un questions the importance of investing in the maintenance of muni, and improving the reliability of the system, and making sure that we have a system that works for every rider
Ive been public in my skepticism of the free muni for youth program. My skepticism has been based on and my belief the program would come from munis operating money. Were now seeing thats the case that muni is considering using some of this Maintenance Program rather than to invest that money in the system to purchase more vehicles, to rehabilitate vehicles and otherwise make the system more reliable. Once the free muni Pilot Program ends there will be enormous pressure to extend the program and that pressure almost certainly will include using more funding that could be used to improve munis reliability. Reasonable minds can differ on whether you should ride muni for free. I respect the views of the supporters of this program, my free youth fares is different than the operational funding to pay for the program. The most important thing we can do for all san franciscans, and particularly for those who are dependent on muni for their transportation needs, is to provide a reliable system
High school and worked as a youth counselor for the Mayors Office summer youth program. He was a vista volunteer with the California Youth Authority before joining the San Francisco Housing Authority . Hp k in 78. He holds a banc bachelors degre from San Francisco state university. Hes a member of board of directors for selfhelp of the elderly. Pamela, earned a injuries doctor and a public law certificate from the university of San Francisco school of law and became a member of the state bar of california in 2010. She chaired the Student Bar Association diversity committee, nationally recognized with the american Bar Association henry j. Ramsey jr. Award towards advancement of diverse individuals. Pamela also earned a bachelor of arts at the university of california at davis. Leland reuben was born and raised in San Francisco, where he first developed a strong passion for working with l÷papn community. He currently oversees the intensative job readiness and works with the Housing Auth