Where's the Infrastructure Money, Goolsbee Asks
Bloomberg Surveillance
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🗓️ 1 February 2018
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Martin Feldstein, George F. Baker Professor of Economics at Harvard University, says it's going to be hard to convince Congress to add to the deficit with a significant infrastructure project. Jaret Seiberg, Cowen Washington Research Group Policy Analyst, says cryptocurrencies may become heavily regulated in the U.S. Austan Goolsbee, University of Chicago Booth School Professor, says the hypocrisy among lawmakers in Washington doesn't make any difference anymore. Bhaskar Chakravorti, The Fletcher School Senior Assistant Dean of International Business & Finance, says Facebook needs to come to the reality that they're a major source of news and information.
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