Lobbying Videos

Jean-Hervé Lorenzi, président du Cercle des économistes, professeur à l'université Paris-Dauphine et par téléphone, Jean-Paul Fitoussi, président de l'OFCE, professeur à Science-Po répondent aux questions de Nicolas Demorand, Thomas Legrand, Philippe Lefébure et des auditeurs dans Interactiv' sur France Inter (08h40 - 26 Novembre 2009). Retrouvez toutes les vidéos des invités du 7/10 sur www.franceinter.comAuthor: franceinter Tags: nicolas demorand franceinter france inter invité activ 710 politique radio internet presse télévision économie bourse crise traders banques argent lobbying chomage emploi travail Posted: 26 November 2009 Rating: 5.0 Votes: 1

Dan wants an anti-corruption party to unify Americans who want a cleaner government. Also: jobs, Nazis, Bolsheviks, Socialists, lobbyists, Right-wing talk show hosts and Ben.

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/08/Lawrence_Lessig_on_Institutional_Corruption Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig makes a sweeping indictment of the relationship between special interest groups, their lobbyists, and Capitol Hill politicians. "Members, staffers and bureaucrats increasingly have a common business model in their head as they serve in Washington," says Lessig. "The business model is focused on their life after government - life as lobbyists." ----- Larry Lessig introduces the Safra lecture series with a discussion on institutional corruption. He explores the prevalence of this form of corruption in fields ranging from politics to medicine to journalism, and describes his plan to study and contain this problem. - Safra Foundation Center for Ethics at Harvard University Lawrence Lessig is a professor of law at Stanford Law School and founder of the school's Center for Internet and Society. He teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, contracts, and the law of cyberspace. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, he was Berkman Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and a professor at the University of Chicago. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals and for Justice Antonin Scalia on the United States Supreme Court. For much of his career, he has focused on law and technology, especially as it affects copyright. Recognized for arguing against interpretations of copyright that could stifle innovation and discourse online, he is CEO of the Creative Commons project, and he has been a columnist for Wired, Red Herring, and The Industry Standard.

Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende was seen actively lobbying at the European Union summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, actively seeking dialogue with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Although emphasizing he is not an official candidate for the post of President of the European Council, (popularly known as 'President of Europe'), Balkenende is believed to be actively campaigning to get this post. Being the political leader of a smaller EU member state and member of the biggest political group in Europe, the EPP, has made him one of the frontrunners in the race for this position. Distributed by Tubemogul.

Dutch Prime Minister Jan-Peter Balkenende was seen actively lobbying at the European Union summit in Brussels on Thursday and Friday, actively seeking dialogue with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Although emphasizing he is not an official candidate for the post of President of the European Council, (popularly known as 'President of Europe'), Balkenende is believed to be actively campaigning to get this post. Being the political leader of a smaller EU member state and member of the biggest political group in Europe, the EPP, has made him one of the frontrunners in the race for this position. Distributed by Tubemogul.Author: EUXTV Tags: Balkenende Seen Lobbying Brussels for President Post Posted: 31 October 2009 Rating: 0.0 Votes: 0

Conservative journalist David Frum worries that Republicans would only win a failing status quo in their fight to kill health care reform. Bill Moyers sits down with the former special assistant to George W. Bush, who is calling on Republicans to come up with a plan for health care reform and suggests changes that conservatives can favor. David Frum is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the editor of NewMajority.com. Also on the program, the JOURNAL sorts fact from spin in the health care debate. Media analyst Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Kaiser Family Foundation president and CEO Drew Altman discuss the messages in health care ads today, and how well they reflect the real issues of health care reform.

Mike Chapman, with Buzzcorp, is a Texas Social Media Award winner and a guy in to communications, lobbying, public affairs, and politics. Distributed by Tubemogul.

With almost 20 years inside the health insurance industry, Wendell Potter saw for-profit insurers hijack our health care system and put profits before patients. Now, he speaks with Bill Moyers about how those companies are standing in the way of health care reform. And, a Bill Moyers Essay.

In his new book, THE EVOLUTION OF GOD, bestselling author Robert Wright examines how the idea of God has changed through history. Wright sits down with Bill Moyers to discuss why he thinks the notion of God - real or not - is imperative to a moral society. And, Bill Moyers talks with two environmental activists who are disappointed in Obama's progress on climate change. Plus, a Bill Moyers essay on health care.

As food prices go sky high and millions go hungry in America, why are tax dollars being spent on farmers who don't farm? Bill Moyers Journal teams up with the PBS series Expose: America's Investigative Reports to follow the trail of Washington Post reporters who uncovered more than $15 billion in "wasteful, unnecessary, or redundant expenditures" that have flowed from Washington to America's farmers. The broadcast also looks at shortages at America's food banks; and Bill Moyers talks with David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, about challenges of combating hunger and the new farm bill being negotiated in Congress.

When Harper's Magazine editor Ken Silverstein went undercover to recruit Washington lobbyists to help improve the image of Turkmenistan, a corrupt foreign government with appalling human rights abuses, K-Street firms laid out plans to get the job done. What does it say about the state of influence-peddling in Washington? Bill Moyers gets the inside story from Silverstein. Also on the program, Imam Zaid Shakir has been called a voice of conscience for American Muslims, but his views on Islam in America put him at the center of a heated debate about faith and culture.

Former Democratic senator Bob Kerrey is making his case for a refocused mission in Iraq. The 9/11 Commission member and Vietnam war veteran tells Bill Moyers why having US military forces in Iraq is necessary in fighting terrorism, but calls for a bipartisan plan to end US policing and occupation in the war torn nation. One of Washington's most influential public advocates, Joan Claybrook of Public Citizen, talks about what is at stake in the ethical reforms under consideration in Congress. Bill Moyers shares his perspective on the Vietnam war in an essay featuring archival audio of conversation between President Lyndon Johnson and US National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy.