Government is failing in the age and how we can do better was recently called one of the best policy books ive ever read. And the book i wish every policymaker could read by New York Times ezra klein, who, as probably all know, has quite, quite a big reach. Her book, a bold call to reexamine how government operates it goes beyond a call for more money or fancy or technology and into root cause analysis of the improvements that need to be made to end growing bureaucratic dysfunction, governments simply must start better delivering for citizens or populism will be the end result. Youll more about the poor implementation of healthcare. Gov of the federal level and then the appalling 32 billion in fraud losses at californias Employment Development department. Jen importantly is optimistic throughout the book and dedicates the book to Public Servants everywhere. Dont give up. Thats the intro moderating tonights is d. J patel general partner at great point ventures, former u. S. Chief Data S
Government is failing in the age and how we can do better was recently called one of the best policy books ive ever read. And the book i wish every policymaker could read by New York Times ezra klein, who, as probably all know, has quite, quite a big reach. Her book, a bold call to reexamine how government operates it goes beyond a call for more money or fancy or technology and into root cause analysis of the improvements that need to be made to end growing bureaucratic dysfunction, governments simply must start better delivering for citizens or populism will be the end result. Youll more about the poor implementation of healthcare. Gov of the federal level and then the appalling 32 billion in fraud losses at californias Employment Development department. Jen importantly is optimistic throughout the book and dedicates the book to Public Servants everywhere. Dont give up. Thats the intro moderating tonights is d. J patel general partner at great point ventures, former u. S. Chief Data S
Let us quickly check on the markets. Quite a lot going on. I am looking at the stoxx 600 in europe which is gaining a touch on the backs of gains in Energy Companies and a bullish outlook from one of the sectors bellwether. Looking at the dollar. And the fed and what we will hear from powell. Therude oil including impact of the opec meeting. We need to wait a little more to see how long we will cut production. A lineup our lineup today is looking pretty good. We feature some of the top names in banking and economics including Tidjane Thiam. We speak strategy and outlook on the Global Economy. And jim oneill. He speaks u. K. And emerging markets. Later, we will also speak with John Studzinski from blackstone. Let us get straight to the bloomberg first word news. Nejra in the u. S. , the Senate Tax Bill is headed for a debate. Should it pass, Republican Leaders will have to hammer out a compromise. Two republican members of the senate what your say they may not agree to vote the measure
Editor in chief make and murphy. Love this issue and the people you write about. What is the bloomberg 50 . Megan this is the first time we have ever done this. When bloomberg thought about it, we thought, who were the 50 people that defined this . It is always the same people on this list. We thought, what if we did this differently and looked to find the people you have heard of. You are not going to have heard a lot of them, but who really changed the way you think, what you do, how you conduct your life or business and will be trendsetters in the future. We are really excited about the names on this list. Julia they certainly defined something in 2017, rose mcgowan and ashley judd, talking about Harvey Weinstein. Landscape inthe media, and politics in 2017. At thise were looking issue and the wave of Sexual Harassment that has spanned across industries. We are grappling with it. To try and single out anyone was hard, but the recent we chose rose mcgowan and ashley judd was because
Businessweek megan murphy. Megan, love this issue, love the people that you write about. What is the bloomberg 50 . Megan we are so thrilled and pleased with this. This is the first time we have ever done this. When bloomberg thought about it, we thought, who were the 50 people who really defined the Global Business landscape in 2017 . When you look at this list, it is always the same people on this list. When we did it, we thought, what if we did this differently and looked to find the people you have heard of . Some of them, you are not going to have heard of a lot of them, but in an identifiable way really changed the way you , think, what you do, how you conduct your life or business and will also be your trendsetters in the future. We are really excited about the names on this list and how it has come out. Julia two women who defined something in 2017 and unleashed a wave rose mcgowan and ashley , judd. Of course we are talking about Harvey Weinstein. A third woman, too, that chan