fiscal imbalances. it is by allen auerback from the university of california at berkeley. the paper will be discussed first by professor charles manski of northwestern university, and then peter diamond. we then feature a paper on policies that can insulate the federal budget from uncertainty by a nyu law professor, david cayman. that paper will be discussed by panel of experts with much practical experience formulating policy, consistenting of senior vice president of the bipartisan policy center. jean sperling, and tennessee congressman jim cooper. finally, we will hear from two people who actually have the responsibility of explaining uncertainty in the policy. both papers presented today, as well as the slide shows you will see will be available on our website. let's get started with the first paper. i'm particularly pleased to have allen auerbach here to kick off our first purely fiscal event at hutchins. allen taught me most of what i know about public finance, first as my professor in graduate school, then at the joint committee on taxation where we again overlapped. i still

thing i wanted to raise because allen's paper and that discussion for david's i think we really have to all think very seriously about it not just in our normal thinking about long-term fiscal policy that we have had for the last 25, 30 years but in terms of what has happened in fiscal and monetary policy in the last seven or eight years. so on one hand i think much of the premise of what we did in the '90s was precautionary savings. you can see that we have to project not only that you might have a down turn but that you might need a stimulus effort and what that does. the other side of that, though, is that to look at the other extreme, germany, where a bias towards this has been one of the most harmful things in the world. and where -- i just think that -- in fact, i believe that we have some great central bankers here, that we are seeing heroic efforts by bernanke, kohn and others, draghi. they are efforts that are exceptional things that monetary policy has to do because fiscal policy has completely failed in europe, is trying not to fail in japan. while we are the least ug

message in real time. as president obama's envoys to the anti-isil coalition, general jon allen and i have visited 16 capitals over the past few months to discuss cooperation across these lines of effort. we have found the coalition strongly and firmly you nighted, particularly when it comes to the way forward in iraq. the situation in syria is more complex and our tools for the moment more limited. general allen and i hear a common set of questions about the best way forward in syria and also a divergence on how to proceed. many of our coalition partners do not envision themselves as having signed up to bring about a political transition in syria through military force, considering such a transition potentially even more destabilizing than the situation we face now. at the same time, other coalition partners are urging strikes against the assad regime, considering the regime a central source of instability in the region. our message to all these partners has been clear -- we believe there must be a political transition in syria during a negotiated political process. we are firm in

, cultures. >> the lesson has been learned from there and what general allen is now seeking to do is to create a national guard which actually does work on what you're implying, is that there is a myriad, a complex sort of tapestry of ethnic groupings and each area will be able to develop its own national guard but answerable to senior authority. that's the direction of travel, what the americans are now focusing on and that is what i think is best suited for that particular country. >> okay, and finally, it appears that the uk is offering little or no assistance to the isf, why is that and is there any plans for that to change? >> i wouldn't agree with that at all. we are currently involved in air strikes which is assisting the ground forces in iraq, as you are aware, there are sortes, over 80 combat missions that have taken place. we're also providing important intelligence gaining that's needed. and also, part of the coalition, so you may want to see the british flag doing x, y, or z, but we're doing what's been asked of us. if there is more to be asked, if the iraqi government wants

situation in syria is more complex and our tools for the moment more limited. general allen and i have a common set of questions about the best way forward in syria and also a divergence in how to proceed. many of our coalition partners have not envisioned themselves as -- ensuring such a transition potentially even more destabilizing than the situation we face now. at the same time, other coalition partners are urging strikes against the assad regime, considering the regime a central source of instability in the region. our message to all these partners has been clear. we believe there must be a political transition in syria through a negotiated political process. any future government cannot include bashar al assad which remains a magnet for terrorism in the region. a political transition will also require a strong counter weight to extremists like isil. that is why the department is leading an effort to modernize forces subject to funding from congress. this process of course will take time and throughout we will constantly assess how we can ensure the moderate forces in the fi

while freedom of movement. >> closed question, mr. graham allen. >> 14, mr. speaker. >> mr. speaker, i'm grateful to the honorable gentleman and the committee he chairs on operation of fixed term parliament's act. fixed term parliaments give greater continuity. the full effect is something that can only be assessed over time, which is why the act will be reviewed in 2020. >> graham allen. >> nearly 25 years ago i asked the then-prime minister, mrs. thatcher, pmqs, if she should set up a national institution to reduce the sexual abuse of children. may i congratulate the deputy prime minister and his government for setting up over the last five years a series of what works organizations to provide best practice including early intervention but may i ask if he and other party leaders will now consider putting in their manifestos the creation of a national institute for the study and prevention of sexual a abuse of children so we don't have another 25 years worth of belated inquiries that preempt prep trags both nationally and internationally? >> mr. speaker, he's seeing my friend of th

of this coalition that i mentioned of 60 countries. general allen has worked to put together. a number of them have carried out air strikes in iraq. we're getting that kind of assistance from them. we're working closely with them to cut off funding. i was in kuwait and qatar over the summer. qatar has just pass ad new law on private charities which will try to be more effective in regulating the flow of funding in cases where individuals contribute money thinking it was going to some humanitarian cause. it was ending up going to a terrorist organization. they are taking steps in that regard. they are working with us on the counter messaging front. there was just a conference in kuwait that undersecretary of state stengel went to where we talked about what we're doing on counter messaging, how we are working through the center for strategic counterterrorism communications. a number of our partners in the gulf are interested in setting up similar operations perhaps or having a regionally based counter messaging operation. we have a close partnership. >> thank you. my time is up. i

find him very interesting. >> got any red skskin fans here? bruce allen was the general manager and susan rice. guess who was dan snyder. obama. and then, of course, if you follow it, carter is coy. >>> so, anyway. let me kind of put this in poer spective. we're talking about combatting terrorism. terrorism is about an attack. you have to say which groups are you going after. and i think this is how we got ourselves into trouble after 9/11. we started the war on terrorism, but we've got to combat terrorism. you're never going to win. you know what's interesting, i was talking to someone in the f.b.i. when i was on cnn the other day and he said we still have neonagnanazis. hitler is dead. you're never going to get rid of it. >>> the other thing is, yes, the generals of talk are out, we have a lot of challenges, but we don't have an existential threat. okay? in other words, i hope iraq turns out well. if it duchbt, not the end of the world. >>> now, during the kolgd war, you had an existential threat. i came on active cue i duty right at the time of the cuban missile crisis. and we we

much, jay allen, part of the fpi leadership network. i'm not a russia expert but something i have always thought about is with regards to ukraine, i mean, it's been a tug-of-war if you leave ukraine as is, it seems it will be a tug-of-war going into the future, putin will always have his tentacles in there. is there anything to the idea of a strategic concession? concede crimea and maybe some of the other eastern parts so that the electoral balance is now fully tipped toward the western parties so that, you know, as a smaller ukraine a more united ukraine one that can be more confident member of the west, is there anything to that idea or would that be, you know, the first pin falling and then the other countries? >> a very good question. i will leave that to david and myroslava. >> maybe you can calm down. the short answer is no. it would be appease., not concession. wouldn't be -- putin would view it as weakenness, an opening and his appetite would only be whetted, not sated. u ukraine was a peaceful country before all this ukraine was not a divided country. crimea wasn't lookin

in these situations. allen responds absolutely outrageous statement. why don't you just come out and say what you really mean. shut up black people, and give us our proper thanks for everything we whites have done for you. enough is enough with this way of thinking. >> here is some of the programming you will find on the c-span networks. >> first live coverage of the memorial service for marion barry. saturday night at 10:00 onbook tv on c-span 2, university professor on how the northeast u.s. was not always the haven of racial equality. and sunday at noon, our live three-hour conversation with author and american enterprise president, arthur brookes with your phone calls e-mails and tweets. martha jones on female slaves and the law. president george h.w. bush's exsecretary of state, james baker on the fall of the berlin wall and the liberation of eastern europe. like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> with live coverage of the u.s. house on c span and the senate, here on c span three we compliment that coverage by showing you the most relevant public affairs events. then on we

allen to take on that responsibility, and i have the highest regard for him, and he's trying to help undo the damage that maliki and his cohorts did to the iraqi army after we left. i mean, i think it is fair to say that when the united states withdrew, the time effort, money, expertise that had been poured into training the iraqi army gave a fighting chance to the iraqis to defend their territory and to be in a position to use the army in a positive way to unite the country. what we saw instead with maliki unfortunately, was he purged sunni officers. he used sectarian measures to try to make the army almost a personal militia for him instead of a national army -- >> and didn't serve him that well. >> well, it didn't serve him that well -- it served him well enough until isis posed such a threat, and you could see -- >> he's no longer there. >> but the iraqi army had been destroyed largely. it was not willing or able to defend territory. it was a shadow of its former self and it was a very strong incentive for the sunnis either to sit on their hands or to join with a group like isis,

improve and reform governance. we heard general john allen, our special envoy to the coalition review the progress being made in the five lines of coalition effort to shrink the territory controlled by dash, cut off financing, block its recruitment of foreign fighter, expose the hypocrisy of the absurd religious claims and provide humanitarian aide to the victims of the violence. during the meeting i have to tell you i was impressed by the leadership activism. frankly the anger towards dash that's being displayed by arab and muslim states. governments that do not always agree on other issues are coming together in opposition to this profoundly anti-islamic terrorist organization. now, to be clear, isil continues to commit serious, vicious crimes. it still controls more territory than al qaeda ever did. it will be years, not months, before it is defeated. we know that. but our coalition is already making a difference. to date we have launched more than 1,150 air strikes against dash. these on rags reduced its leadership. squeezed its resources. damaged the logistics call and operationa

african decent to be able to quote shakespeare or edgar allen poe when they couldn't make the land productive. you have 50 acres of land and you have very little use for shakespeare. not that that's at bay bad thing to know it, but that ought not be your priority. it's gaining the skills necessary to make thatulant productive to establish independence. here we have women who are learning how to till the fields. to reap the harvest from the fields. you know that washington also gave students ownership in the development of the institute. he tells us about slavery that one of the ways that he developed a leadership model and also kind of on the job training system for the students is that they participated;8s in the building. i thought that was very interesting. we don't do that here. we don't ask. # the idea that even if you would have it wouldn't have looked as good as we have had here. washington in the latter part of the 19th century making an argument here that people of african descent need to participate in their own uplifting. his critique here goes back to the failures of re

-span. allen gross, the american freed after five years in a cuban prison has arrived in the u.s. he was greeted by a congressional delegation, which included democratic senate whip dick durbin and members of the intelligence committee. the u.s. and cuba have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations. that includes the u.s. reopening an embassy in the capital of havana and high-level exchanges and visits with the government. the u.s. is also easing travel bans to cuba, including for family visits, official u.s. government visits. tourist travel remains banned. at 1 p.m. eastern time today here on c-span $3, we'll bring you live coverage of a conference on coal as an energy strategy. including its economic competitiveness and viability as an energy resource. u.s. and international energy company representatives will participate in the discussion hosted by the center for strategic and international studies here in washington, d.c. >>> here are some of the programs you'll find this weekend on the c-span networks. saturday night at 9:30 on c-span, actor seth rogen discussing politics and h

are my parents, mr. and mrs. steven zabo. >> i am moses anderson allen, united states navy. i lived on a farm in cove, north carolina. my mother is mrs. addie allen. >> i am james webster late, united states navy. i'm from huntington park, california. my folks are mr. and mrs. william j. late. >> i am antonio s. stefoya. i lived just outside albuquerque, new mexico. >> i am lieutenant william r. shake, united states army medical corps. my home was chicago, illinois. my parents are mr. and mrs. william sheiake. my wife's name is lois. >> you have a baby flou lieutenalawsuinow, lieutenant. you may be pleased to know your son was born on your birthday. >> that's swell. thanks. >> tell me one thing, lieutenant. how is it all of you sound and talk alike? >> we are all alike. we are all americans. ♪ >>> you're watching american history tv. 48 hours of programming on american history every weekend on c-span3. follow us on twitter at c-span history for information on our schedule, upcoming programs, and to keep up with the latest history news. >>> sunday afternoon on "reel america," we fe