The media alone can't ease the tensions that come from the debate surrounding the issues we deal with every day.

However, we can create spaces where people can freely kick the tires of their preconceived notions.

I'm Tim O'Brien, and I'm the senior executive editor at

Bloomberg Opinion. On our platform we ask tough questions and solve complex

problems with the facts in mind. Because context changes how you see things and

how you change things.

Context changes everything.

Start exploring our opinion coverage and more at Bloomberg.com.

subscribe.

This is

is Bloomberg surveillance. I think one of the challenges has been that the Fed and other

central banks want inflation, but they don't want too much inflation.

What's holding us back at home is not what we're spending on national security.

It's what we're not doing domestically.

The lack of a creative fiscal response to years of unacceptably low growth is the real story here. Bloomberg surveillance, your link. years on a

a reasonably low growth is the real story here.

Bloomberg surveillance, your link to the world of economics, finance and investment, on

Bloomberg Radio.

Good morning everyone.

Bloomberg surveillance.

Tom Keene and Michael Mckey thrilled you're with us this morning worldwide.

Of course, the president in Japan, his press conference earlier was really quite

...