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As ak deem area. This 40 minute event was part of a policy conference in washington, d. C. This took place in april. Okay, everyone will take your seats, please. Id like to introduce our next section, which focuses on infrastructure policy. You know, when you look back to the causes of the great economic boom since between the 1980s and the financial crisis, there are a lot of parents, you know, every success has a lot of parents, but you know, you cannot understate the amount of infrastructure that was built in the 80s and the amount ty added and the contribution of that infrastructure to the...

Other areas. I sat down with eric schmidt in new york at the new York Economic Club for a wideranging conversation. Here is that dialogue. Let me begin with a couple of questions. When you went to google, they said to you, we need an adult in the room. [laughter] because it was a good day for you. Eric it was a good day for me. It is an honor to be here. Thank you very much for inviting me, and charlie, thank you for doing this as well. Larry and sergey decided they needed someone to sort of run things, and they had spent 16 months interviewing people, and they make them do things. To become c...

The minimum wage. How much is that in maryland, harriet . Itler i believe right now is 7. 45. Host tell us about your experience. Caller im going to tell you my concern. Because there is going to be more competition in jobs. I am also an older worker. And there is credits given. I am not sure what, but when you fill out your application, they give credits. The government gives credits if you have ever been on welfare and for certain things they give the employer credits. They lower the wage for those people. And we are already and competition. We are getting older. We cant here as well, we can...

[indistinct chatter] announcer next, a look at the future of the Smithsonian Institution with the new secretary. He sat down with a conversation with the Aspen Institute president and ceo. This is one hour 15 minutes. [indistinct chatter] all right, i think we are ready. Good afternoon. Thank you all for being here. I am the director of the Aspen Institute, and it is my pleasure to curate four or five times a year, some of these washington roundtable series, sponsored by michelle smith. We want to thank you, michelle. The conversations i curate naturally deal with the arts, but not just with t...

Ten. Discuss these things for one hour and 15 minutes. I think we are ready. Good afternoon, thank you for being you. I am the director of the Aspen Institute arts program read it is mm. It is my pleasure to curate the roundtable series, sponsored by michelle smith. Thank you for supporting these conversations. The conversations i curate naturally deal with the arts, but the arts and society. And how they intersect, how they can be productive, and evermore interactive partners with all of the areas of society, which is very much of course in keeping with the mission of the Aspen Institute. Tod...