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LLN (6/16/22) – The Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse has cause considerable confusion among truckers. We’ll try to clear up some of that confusion with some help from FaLisa McCannon of CMCI, OOIDA’s drug testing consortium. Also, the FMCSA is asking for truckers’ help deciding who is, and who is not a broker. We’ll discuss that – plus controversy over UCR fees and Canada dropping some vaccine requirements. And Atlanta voters recently approved $750 million dollars for infrastructure improvements to address a massive backlog of work. Meanwhile, the Louisiana Legislature has voted to increase transportation funding through electric and hybrid vehicles.

0:00 – Newscast.

09:55 – Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse.

24:48 – Who is a broker?

39:21 – Georgia, Louisiana road funding.

After 90 years of business, Ruan Transportation is still finding new ways to advance their use of technology and recruit the youngest talent in Iowa. Ruan CIO Dan Greteman explains why the company is using the Iowa Clearinghouse for Work-Based Learning to get high school students involved in their business, and how the students are even teaching him a thing or two! 

We’re clearing a path to success with the Iowa Clearinghouse for Work-Based Learning! Project Manager Jake Welchans, Project Coordinator Laura Williams, and area teacher Lindsey Hyman join the show to explain how work-based learning helps kids get workforce-ready across the state. Learn how students are partnering with local businesses to solve real-world problems, all while helping each other succeed. 

Justin Hendrix is CEO and Editor of Tech Policy Press, a new nonprofit media venture concerned with the intersection of technology and democracy. Previously, he was Executive Director of NYC Media Lab. He spent over a decade at The Economist in roles including Vice President, Business Development & Innovation. He is an associate research scientist and adjunct professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

Justin Hendrix is CEO and Editor of Tech Policy Press, a new nonprofit media venture concerned with the intersection of technology and democracy. Previously, he was Executive Director of NYC Media Lab. He spent over a decade at The Economist in roles including Vice President, Business Development & Innovation. He is an associate research scientist and adjunct professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering.

From the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University, this is the Data and Democracy podcast, a series of conversations leading up to our October 15th and 16th symposium that will explore how big data is changing our system of self-government. 

The Data and Democracy Symposium is co-sponsored by the Law and Political Economy Project at Yale Law School and the Knight Institute. This year’s symposium will be held online. More information is available at knightcolumbia.org where you can also RSVP for the event.

Darrell Duffie is a professor of finance at Stanford University, and he joins Macro Musings to discuss the treasury market problems that emerged in March 2020 and what can be done to avoid them in the future. Specifically, Darrell and David lay out the current state of financial markets, the ability of treasury markets, as currently designed, to handle demand shocks, and how central banking reforms can better ensure financial stability in the future.

Register here for the Cato Institute/Mercatus Center Webinar Series - *A Fed for Next Time: Ideas for a Crisis‐​Ready Central Bank*: https://www.cato.org/events/fed-next-time-ideas-crisis-ready-central-bank

Transcript for the episode can be found here.

Darrell’s Twitter: @DuffieDarrell

Darrell’s website: https://www.darrellduffie.com/

Darrell’s Stanford profile: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/darrell-duffie

Related Links:

Bonus segment with Darrell:

https://youtu.be/0Y3MTjgbP74

*Pass-through Efficiency in the Fed’s New Monetary Policy Setting* by Darrell Duffie and Arvind Krishnamurthy

https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/publications/passthrough-efficiency-feds-new-monetary-policy-setting

*The Failure Mechanics of Dealer Banks* by Darrell Duffie

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/jep.24.1.51

*Still the World’s Safe Haven? Redesigning the U.S. Treasury Market after the COVID-19 Crisis* by Darrell Duffie

https://www.brookings.edu/research/still-the-worlds-safe-haven/

David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

LLN (1/20/20) – Any trucker on their own authority must soon create an account on what’s called the FMCSA Portal – but it’s not a simple procedure. We’ll have what you need to know and where you can get help. Also, recent years have seen an uptick in predatory lending companies targeting truck drivers. And how many trucks are being inspected, and for those who are cited, what are they cited for?

0:00 – Newscast.

9:28 – FMCSA Portal.

23:50 – Predatory lenders.

38:17 – A look at tickets.

LLN (12/19/19) - Missouri fuel tax rates are being eyed for increases. The new revenue would help pay for road and bridge work in the Show-me State. Meanwhile, New Hampshire considers bills to cover truck lane use and speeding. Enjoy a medley of some of our favorite Christmas tunes from OOIDA’s Exit 24 Holiday Chorus. Plus, important information on the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse. And, we’ll talk about the language dealing with cross-border trucking included in the new U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. Plus, information on the FMCSA’s Beyond Compliance program.

0:00 – 9:56 – Newscast.

9:56 – 23:54 – Cross-border trucking is addressed in U.S.M.C.A.

23:54 – 38:23 – Missouri lawmakers consider fuel tax hike. More songs of the season and OOIDA issues a Call to Action.

38:23 – 47:47 – Details on federal spending passed in Congress.

LLN (12/12/19) - A Pennsylvania task force looks for solutions to transportation funding. We’ll tell you what options are on the table. Can a senator make good on a threat intended to help coal miners, and what would that mean to trucking? Plus, find out more about the replacement to NAFTA. We’ll have information on the drug and alcohol clearinghouse. And we’ll start our countdown to Christmas with a trucking Christmas carol.

0:00 – 9:56 – Newscast.
9:56 – 23:54 – NAFTA replacement; reducing regulation; drug and alcohol clearinghouse.
23:54 – 38:23 – Pennsylvania highway funding.
38:23 – 47:53 – Senator supporting coal miners; tariff war update.

Aaron Klein is the director of the Center on Markets and Regulations at the Brookings Institution where, among other things, he focuses on financial regulations and real time payments. Aaron has written widely on real time payments and he joins the show today to talk about this issue, as they discuss the definition of real-time payments, how they could have a positive impact on limiting income inequality, and why the Fed is now interested in setting up its own real-time payments system.  David and Aaron also discuss banking reform after the recession, the shadow banking system, and why a lack of bank failures may be a worrying signal.

Transcript for the episode: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/08122019/aaron-klein-real-time-payments-and-financial-regulation

Aaron’s Twitter: @Aarondklein

Aaron’s Brookings profile: https://www.brookings.edu/experts/aaron-klein/

Related Links:

*Is China’s New Payment System the Future?* by Aaron Klein

https://www.brookings.edu/research/is-chinas-new-payment-system-the-future/

*Round One: What Role Should the Federal Reserve Play in Developing a Faster Payments System?* Symposium featuring James Angel, Aaron Klein and George Selgin

https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/commentary/round-one-what-role-should-federal-reserve-play-developing-faster-payments-system

*Round Two: What Role Should the Federal Reserve Play in Developing a Faster Payments System?* Symposium featuring James Angel, Aaron Klein and George Selgin

https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/commentary/round-two-what-role-should-federal-reserve-play-developing-faster-payments-system

David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) fits several ways into the mind of the public and the press. Several of those definitions are not necessarily correct. Dana Thomas represents the NCAA's social media as well as internal online communication traffic, helping define the organization's mission within the scope of relevant topics for its members. Thomas discusses the ways in which the NCAA has attempted to engage with the public, as well as some of the things that they have learned along the way. That includes not responding to every comment left by a social media follower. Thomas also shares some of the ways that the internal web communication have helped clean up some of the committee processes as well as minutes, in order to deliver the most relevant information to its member institutions. Twitter: @NCAADana