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- -: Michael Moore Told to 'Cool It' on Senator Dodd

September 24, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/17/Filmmaker_Michael_Moore_on_Capitalism_A_Love_Story Filmmaker Michael Moore calls out Senator Chris Dodd in his latest documentary, Capitalism: A Love Story, for receiving corrupt sweetheart loans from Countrywide Financial. Moore discloses a recent ph...

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- -: No Such Thing as 'Too Big to Fail'? - Larry Summers

October 5, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/18/Larry_Summers_The_Future_of_Global_Finance Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, argues large firms in financial trouble should be allowed to fail in order to regulate market discipline. "Our financial system will not be fail-safe ...

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- -: Was Iceland a Target for Economic Hit Men? - John Perkins

December 12, 2009 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/18/John_Perkins_How_to_Remake_the_Global_Economy John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, blames Iceland's economic collapse on the tactics of economic hit men from multi-national corporations . ----- Economic hit man ...

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- -: Four Vulnerabilities of the 2010 Global Economy

January 12, 2010 (over 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/05/The_World_Economy_in_2010 Philip Suttle, a macroeconomist specializing in emerging markets, speculates about probable hurdles to economic recovery in 2010. "We should all be prepared to imagine the unimaginable," he says. ----- The year 2009 -- the ...

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- -: Summers to Big Banks: Why Cash for Bonuses, None for Lending?

February 8, 2010 (about 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/29/The_US_Economic_Outlook_with_Lawrence_Summers Lawrence Summers berates big banks for the hypocrisy of handing out large corporate bonuses while reducing lending and protesting government fees. "I don't understand how you can logically maintain that pa...

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- -: Nouriel Roubini: Time to Close the 'Financial Supermarkets'

June 2, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/13/Nouriel_Roubini_A_Crash_Course_in_the_Future_of_Finance NYU economist Nouriel Roubini argues that "too big to fail" bailouts of banking institutions should be followed-up by breaking these companies into smaller, more manageable divisions. Roubini arg...

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- -: Did Microlending Survive the Recession? Yes, Says Grameen Bank Founder

June 7, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/Social_Entrepreneurship_in_America Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh and its microcredit program remain robust despite the gloomy state of the global economy. Yunus credits the bank's one-on-one relationship wit...

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- -: Nouriel Roubini: Managing Risk to Revive the Market

June 8, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/13/Nouriel_Roubini_A_Crash_Course_in_the_Future_of_Finance Economist Nouriel Roubini argues that in addition to financial regulation, fixing the economy will require restructuring incentive plans for bankers and traders. He suggests that those in the ban...

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- -: Why Aren't Banks Lending Money? - Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf

July 20, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/06/16/Wells_Fargo_CEO_John_Stumpf_The_Future_of_Financial_Services Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf answers a question he is frequently asked: "Why aren't you bankers making loans anymore?" "The biggest challenge we have today," he explains, "is finding people w...

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- -: Are Our Bankers Too Clever for Their Own Good? - David Wessel

August 13, 2010 (over 13 years ago)

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/21/David_Wessel_Meet_Paul_Keating Wall Street Journal economics editor David Wessel explains the current financial crisis as the product of too clever minds, too much money, and very little accountability. "The brightest of our youth were lured to financ...

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