the oecd agrees with all the u.s.that have put into place prescription monitoring programs, and those that have mandated better prescription practices for prescribers. they recommended great are focus on prevention and improving educational materials and something that canada has done through its opioid wisely campaign. that enurges can thoughtful conversations between doctors and patients to reduce harm and opioid prescriptions. turkey created a campaign to control counterfeit lost and stolen prescriptions. germany put into place a law that narcotic drugs will be described only when there's no other option. to help those in addiction, medically supervised consumption heights and the highlights the need for coordination across health services, social interventions around housing and employment support. and finally, it's important not to forget the patients who do need opioids for pain management and the oecd recommends that countries take actions to reach an appropriate balance to cover the real needs for pain control

currently equivalent to what the entire oecd is using.uel set, we are going to have to have massive additions of solar, wind, land requirements probably exceeding just for a wound alone, the entire state of texas. solar power, the equivalent to the entire landmass of california. all of that places tremendous cost risks and technology constraints. we are not even going to be able to get the critical materials, minerals, lithium, for electric vehicles. and by the way, the non—oecd isjust not going electric vehicles. and by the way, the non—oecd is just not going to do it. they are not buying that we are selling. you might have the main people in denmark who are net zero, but in indonesia there are 300 million people there, it is hot, the old air conditioning. let me end on this. the international energy agency says burning oil drives about a third of global emissions. how do we justify our ongoing reliance on oil while we have the fears of a climate change which are looming so large of the planet? which are looming so large of the lanet? ~

the united states is the only country in the oecd that does not have a broad-based consumption tax at the national level. a value added tax and national retail sales tax actually target the exact same tax base, they are targeting final retail sales or final consumption. the difference of that, collect that along the value-added chain as companies are producing goods and services whereas the national retail sales tax waits until the very end of the final consumption purchase. the economics are largely similar but what we see in other countries that have value-added taxes is they tend to be part of an overall tax system that also taxes income that has payroll taxes. they are not necessarily replacements, as in scrapping the entire federal tax asked him -- tax system and replacing it with a can some syntax. typically what we see is what

according to oecd estimates, by 2060, global material consumption will reach around 167 gigatons -- soout twice the current amount. that's the equivalent of more than 27,800 pyramids of giza. sand, gravel, and limestone are in particularly high demand. with dramatic consequences. reporter: the descent into the cave, into the darkness. for ah tat, it's also an expedition into another world. and every time, it's an adventure, too. an adventure that leads back into the far-distant past. to the people who lived here 10,000 years ago. ah: we discovered this cave via the internet. we call it the “guaa-ajia” water cave. we were curious. we've explored the cave and we think it's really beautiful. unfortunately, it is right by one of the quarries. reporter: nearby, limestone and marble are being excavated on an industrial scale. the mining has been going on for years now. a total of 64 companies are busy blasting away the limestone hills across the kinta valley. lime is important for cement, and cement is a highly sought-after building material, in asia and worldwide. construction is a multi-bi

i'd just like to also sorry point something that you said about the oecd where says the oecd report whereays that what teachers are so much better paid in our compared to others . firstly no teacher works others. firstly no teacher works the hours that they are meant to . that is part of the problem. but secondly , if you look at the but secondly, if you look at the cost of living, the cost of bills, that's same for everyone. the cost of childcare in other countries. it is our countries. yeah, it is our country has the most country has the world's most expensive , but we pay our expensive, but we pay our teachers more than teachers in sweden. yeah and in sweden. and they don't have the same property prices as us, they don't have the same cost of living crisis us, they don't have childcare costs . have the same childcare costs. our teachers get 12 weeks, houday our teachers get 12 weeks, holiday year which of holiday a year and which most of them to work it. the them have to work it. by the way, they're for the way, they're not paid for the holidays. we need to actually holidays. so we nee

i'd just like to also sorry point something that you said about the oecd where says the oecd report whereays that what teachers are so much better paid in our compared to others . firstly no teacher works others. firstly no teacher works the hours that they are meant to . that is part of the problem. but secondly , if you look at the but secondly, if you look at the cost of living, the cost of bills, that's same for everyone. the cost of childcare in other countries. it is our countries. yeah, it is our country has the most country has the world's most expensive , but we pay our expensive, but we pay our teachers more than teachers in sweden. yeah and in sweden. and they don't have the same property prices as us, they don't have the same cost of living crisis us, they don't have childcare costs . have the same childcare costs. our teachers get 12 weeks, houday our teachers get 12 weeks, holiday year which of holiday a year and which most of them to work it. the them have to work it. by the way, they're for the way, they're not paid for the holidays. we need to actually holidays. so we nee

spends on education just toward the top of the oecd bracket onyx miniature, and teacher pay, if you considerur neighbors toward the top of the european sliding scale of pay for teachers, and hours work is toward the bottom of hours worked by teachers. i have great respect for the profession. both my parents are teachers. i found the piece i was listening to quite affecting. my mother was a special needs teacher, but i would separate the points we were making between the interests of teachers, which i think we can all discuss and think are important, and unions, which are mounting against the conservative party. >> there's quite a lot to unpick. let's take the last point that the unions are not actually representing the best interests of the teachers here. i believe that is what you were saying, that they are motivated by political means and that teachers actually don't have it so bad when compared to other european countries. >> well, they are not teaching in other european countries. they are teaching here. as the institute of physical studies, teacher pay has declined by 6000 pounds relati

according to oecd there are three types of economies we are interested in. longtime wealthy nations than there is the graduates. the countries in the last several decades from middle income to high income. south korea, israel, ireland, singapore. countries only between 30 to 40% of the labor forces have ever been to high school and lack those skills. this under educated population can't productively participate in the economy and it becomes a burden that causes social problems, crying even. they leave these economies to stagnate and even contract. the ensuing vicious cycle has snared these economies for decades so how does china measure up? china's education is one of the lowest in the middle income, it is the lowest upper middle income country in terms of this oecd definition of the share of the labor force. it's lower than turkey, lower than mexico, lower than south africa. this means 500 million people, so only 30%, three out of ten people in china's labor force have ever been to one day of high school. that means 500 million people almost all poor rural

that would send us from like fifth in the oecd division of tax competitiveness to 30th.t need that at this point. in my view. we need to be attracting investment. so of course liz truss and kwasi kwarteng, they wanted to reverse that increase from 19 to 25. and then jeremy hunt came along and reversed the reverse . so we're reversed the reverse. so we're now we are going up from 19 to 25. of course , in april 2023, 25. of course, in april 2023, the obe also says that this would raise around the obe also says that this would raise aroun d £20 billion would raise around £20 billion a yeah would raise around £20 billion a year. it's not to be sniffed that they say it's 18 billion. and a lot of people, including myself, think that that's wrong. if you look at how completely skew wetherby our forecasts have been on corporation tax over the last few years , huge differences last few years, huge differences in what they predict and what actually happens . i would say actually happens. i would say that if we keep corporation tax where it is , many businesses where it is, many bu

in fact there was no oecd report this morning. right. they work the least hours ball luxembourg .nd they get paid eight in the top quarter on average 15 year primary school teacher , 45,000 a year. okay. teacher, 45,000 a year. okay. it's not a king's ransom or queen's. i totally buy that . but queen's. i totally buy that. but it's not bad when you throw in their pension schemes. you can work. you can. you can be ill for six months. you get paid. there's a whole load of things they're not going to. you're not to sacked until start to get sacked until they start killing basically. killing children, basically. that a job for life, that is it is a job for life, isn't it? yeah you, no matter how in efficient, stupid, poor teacher you cannot get teacher you are, you cannot get slung out. it's an amazing world. so the for me is that they get defeated . the problem they get defeated. the problem about all this is that i don't know why . rishi does not get the know why. rishi does not get the credit for it. and i think it's because he's too decent a guy. i think what you need, i'm right n

is 1.5 -- 1.5% of our gdp on humanitarian assistance to ukraine refugees according to the research oecd estimates. we provide support and host over a thousand u.n. agencies and international organizations helping ukraine from our territory. we will remain steadfast in our support for as long as it takes because we are motored by in the will to protect the ukrainians and every other nation in need. our actions are about safeguarding collective peace and security. if we do not act in solidarity now and act on the fundamental international laws, it can be too late. mr. president, excellencies, poland stands firmly behind the value and principles of the u.n. charter. we refuse to go back to power politics and fears of influence. the international community has the strength and will to stand by ukraine and to defend the eu charter so the power of argument, not the argument of power remains. thank you. >> c-span has unfiltered coverage to the ukraine's response to russia's invasion. bringing the latest from the president and white house officials, and gone and state department and congress. w

you just heard about the oecd, the 30th countries, they average 10% inflation.there's no question that the american rescue plan is a a vy minor cause of any inflation but so what's really important is the right lessons learned. let's just be clear air, which did you all give directly in the american recovery act? nothing. how much did you get directly in the carriers act? well, 120 of you who have counties over 500,000 got funds. all 3000 of you got direct funds in two tranches, $65.1 billion. [applause] >> right. >> that you could immediately start, i made the day if passed even for the rates were out many of you after serving your communities, what would be the top priorities? and you are able to plan not just what you could throw out in 2021 a what you could do over three, four, five year period. this is a critical model. and if we do not let people know how well this model has worked then shame on us because the next time they will say that was a mistake. and what breaks my heart, again i will be very candid, is i get phone calls from the media all the time

in fact there was no oecd report this morning. right. they work the least hours ball luxembourg . and they get paid eight in the top quarter on average 15 year primary school teacher , 45,000 a year. okay. teacher, 45,000 a year. okay. it's not a king's ransom or queen's. i totally buy that . but queen's. i totally buy that. but it's not bad when you throw in their pension schemes. you can work. you can. you can be ill for six months. you get paid. there's a whole load of things they're not going to. you're not to sacked until start to get sacked until they start killing basically. killing children, basically. that a job for life, that is it is a job for life, isn't it? yeah you, no matter how in efficient, stupid, poor teacher you cannot get teacher you are, you cannot get slung out. it's an amazing world. so the for me is that they get defeated . the problem they get defeated. the problem about all this is that i don't know why . rishi does not get the know why. rishi does not get the credit for it. and i think it's because he's too decent a guy. i think what you need, i'm right

and that in across the oecd.hat reflects the fact that people just can't stay in this job as a long term career. so there probably are conversations , probably are conversations, other people who can give you a point of view on pay. but what we see through our is that three quarters of the education workforce experienced mental health issues in any given year. three quarters of staff report significant of stress and that rises to 84% of school leaders. we measure the wellbeing of the workforce compared to the general population and. the education workforce is in considerably less good health and. they would perceive that as being a result of workforce pressure, work, workload , pressure, work, workload, pressure. then the wider general population. so there's some really serious mental health issues , chronic stress issues issues, chronic stress issues and that has an impact on people's health in the long term . it certainly affects their willingness to stay in the job. well, the thing is, should teachers have bet

countries as a percentage gdp they invest considerably more the table actually that we talk in in terms of oecde a woman's the% of a woman's salary is the highest that's spent on early years care and education. the investment, i'm afraid, is one of the lowest. so i come to this point, if you do, if you sell to parents that they can have, all of these so—called free hours, but you inadequately fund it . i free hours, but you inadequately fund it. i have to tell you that government wrecking noise is that their own words tell us that their own words tell us that they are short the sector. then someone has to pay but make up the difference. and it's those parents who do not qualify for these entitlements . the of for these entitlements. the of effectively cross subsidising the early years . we don't treat the early years. we don't treat it as part of our infrastructure as part of our social fabric. it is almost just a return to work agenda for mums and it's much more than that it's about age . more than that it's about age. young children , developing young young children, developing young children

countries as a percentage gdp they invest considerably more the table actually that we talk in in terms of oecde a woman's the% of a woman's salary is the highest that's spent on early years care and education. the investment, i'm afraid, is one of the lowest. so i come to this point, if you do, if you sell to parents that they can have, all of these so—called free hours, but you inadequately fund it . i free hours, but you inadequately fund it. i have to tell you that government wrecking noise is that their own words tell us that their own words tell us that they are short the sector. then someone has to pay but make up the difference. and it's those parents who do not qualify for these entitlements . the of for these entitlements. the of effectively cross subsidising the early years . we don't treat the early years. we don't treat it as part of our infrastructure as part of our social fabric. it is almost just a return to work agenda for mums and it's much more than that it's about age . more than that it's about age. young children , developing young young children, developing young children

tax the oecd table. tax competitiveness. the chancellor is taking us on path to decline. legacy he really wants . is the legacy he really wants. now? yesterday it was revealed that the uk narrowly avoided falling recession in 2022, after the economy zero growth between october and december. chancellor jeremy jeremy hunt said the figures showed underlying resilience but said we not out of the woods . with the news came of the woods. with the news came fresh calls members of his own party to cut tax . with the cbi party to cut tax. with the cbi now pressuring the chancellor into announcing tax breaks for businesses in the spring budget as last chance to help the economy avoid a recession this yeah economy avoid a recession this year. so i want to ask do you think now is the right time for tax cuts or? do you worry like jeremy hunt , that it could be jeremy hunt, that it could be inflationary ? let me know. but inflationary? let me know. but to debate this , i am now joined to debate this, i am now joined by the director of the orthodox , joseph robertson and emeritus profes

and our spend on education is one of the highest in the whole of the oecd.eyond europe, we spend on education sector in this is incredibly high. this country is incredibly high. and then you consider the fact that teachers have a circa 13 week holiday and they define and benefit pension contribution from their employer of 23. anyone in the public in the private sector looks at that and thinks themselves hang on a second, do we really think you'll get you should be mentioned in the same breath as hospital cleaners . you haven't hospital cleaners. you haven't had a rise , especially after had a rise, especially after a children . and i'm just i'm children. and i'm just i'm disputing a whole number of people on air who i've grown up with and gone into teaching. but for heaven's sake , we've had two for heaven's sake, we've had two years of education stymied effectively during coronavirus on just when children need their teachers the most . what do you teachers the most. what do you want it to strike now? most teachers want to work right. this is another reason

now other country in the oecd.ot to invest . you've got to got to invest. you've got to have you've got to have good business, but you've also got to have good public. i mean, it is highly and at last we've got somebody who says, no i'm not talking about tomorrow. i'm talking about tomorrow. i'm talking about tomorrow. i'm talking about when i get into power. and actually, the ten years. well, yes right, well, well, in way it is, scarlett. but i he's basically saying if you wait a decade if you hang for on ten years, you'll see the results of the things that i'm talking about today. and people don't want that. so hold on. what he's saying . we can talk what he's saying. we can talk about what we're going to do when we get in. we can talk about the first days right ? we about the first days right? we can show that we're a government that's going to but actually what you want to know is that we're a that has a long term plan and it's frankly about we had a long term plan instead of, you know, changing prime minister

people like to point out about how much they manufacture, but they produce more missions than the whole oecd combined, and we lead the world the reduction of tons of emissions and china is increasing by three times per year than we are cutting. these are just numbers, these are just facts. and i wrote a paper columbia, i published last week, 57% of all of the beach use in china from all energy use is from coal and it's going up. it is going up. and so china is not the benchmark. they do manufacture something as well, but they are not the benchmark. i wish everyone just kind of new kind of the fact pattern on that. u.s. leadership for the energy allows us flexibility around prices, this is what we are hearing earlier, and as many people here who are veterans, there are less people in the way where i was younger when i was in the military in allows flexibility that did not exist and it allows us from a security point of view to support our allies, where if we hadn't been building what we have been building in texas and elsewhere, we would not be in the place to help our friends. >> when you sp

is reach 20% of the working time we, the bankrupt person of , the we, the bankrupt person of, the oecdp growing faster than ours when it's in the middle of a war and sanctions. we are shockingly in a bad place economy whether it's pubuc a bad place economy whether it's public services the, nhs the police or private moving their listings to american and french in amsterdam stock markets . this in amsterdam stock markets. this country is failing . what's going country is failing. what's going to do right now is productivity. further i think what we need to do in this country is work out what's going wrong with us. why are people burnt out? why are people unsatisfied? i think it's a very easy solutions. people unsatisfied? i think it's a very easy solutions . turn a very easy solutions. turn around and say they want to work . that isn't going to work for decades and say thank you, alex. it's very hard to argue with that and really isn't it just this idea that everyone's stress test? well, you know what? life can be hard. they don't people don't know real stress now, do they? at 23 years o

the united states is the only country in the oecd that does not have a broad-based consumption tax atue added tax and national retail sales tax actually target the exact same tax base, they are targeting final retail sales or final consumption. the difference of that, collect that along the value-added chain as companies are producing goods and services whereas the national retail sales tax waits until the very end of the final consumption purchase. the economics are largely similar but what we see in other countries that have value-added taxes is they tend to be part of an overall tax system that also taxes income that has payroll taxes. they are not necessarily replacements, as in scrapping the entire federal tax asked him -- tax system and replacing it with a can some syntax. typically what we see is what the caller suggested, or placing part of the tax system with a value-added tax. host: one need a, south carolina, independent. juanita, question or comment? caller: i had a question. i just turned this on so i may have missed something. do i understand that medications and food wo

already the oecd has recognised that average salaries for experienced teachers in both the primary andcondary sector are higher than in sweden. switzerland france, finland . switzerland france, finland. they say that a teacher with 15 years experience can expect £44,500. and we've got in the uk a smaller pool of workers now than we had we were million vacancies and we're doing is taxing more on a smaller pool of people and that's what the problem is when you take the money out with tax, they get less left with less money. and that's where problem is at that's where the problem is at the so labour's answer the moment. so labour's answer would go for tax would be to actually go for tax cuts relax the tax burden in cuts and relax the tax burden in the economy and obviously just yes, to stop the tax burden on these but give them these people, but give them a fair living for to work in. fair living for them to work in. yeah. and grumblings yeah. and there are grumblings of james on the tory of course james on the tory backbenchers about this, this tax and the tax position. and despite the s

i looked at the figures and the oecd has said that we're predicted to have the lowest growth of any countryhing to be applauding and talking about . i've also asked talking about. i've also asked i've just mentioned the plan for growth. the conservatives have come up with eight plans for growth since 2010, four in this parliament, and they've achieved nothing. they're even losing the confidence of businesses , the confidence of businesses, the head of the cbi said that the ambitions is too low of the government. i the phrase he uses on ambitious plans to get us out of this mess and i'm worried business is losing confidence. our constituents struggling economy is not growing . we have economy is not growing. we have to do something. would you would you go back to the 19% or if you were in power next week, scrap the increase in corporation tax? would that be a key a key policy for you ? i mean, may be amazing for you? i mean, may be amazing to be in government next week . i to be in government next week. i don't think that's going to happen somehow . what we have happen somehow. what we have