- -: Nassim Taleb Criticizes Obama, Bernanke, and Summers
October 20, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/08/18/David_Cameron_in_Conversation_with_Nassim_Taleb The Black Swan author Nassim Nicholas Taleb addresses the financial missteps of the Obama administration. "The problem we have in America is that nobody has addressed the fundamental error." He emphasize...
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- -: Capt. Sully on Aviation Safety in a Turbulent Economy
December 11, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/30/Highest_Duty_Captain_Chesley_Sullenberger How safe is flying? "Safe and getting safer," according to famed pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. However, the current state of the economy may deter the "best and brightest" from going into aviation, he sa...
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- -: Evaluating Cash for Clunkers - Toyota COO Jim Lentz
January 6, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/17/The_Future_of_the_Auto_Industry_with_Toyotas_James_Lentz James Lentz, President and COO of Toyota Motor Sales, reflects on the economic and environmental results of the Cash for Clunkers program. Aside from stimulating the economy, Lentz explains that...
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- -: Do Government Regulations Actually Help Big Business? - Tim Carney
January 21, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/12/Obamanomics_Is_Obama_Bankrupting_America Timothy Carney argues that government regulations tend to help large corporations because new requirements are often more difficult for smaller companies to follow. From tobacco to climate change, Carney believ...
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- -: HUD Secretary Donovan: $1B for Areas Hit by Foreclosures
May 18, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/18/Monitor_Breakfast_HUD_Secretary_Shaun_Donovan To view more highlights from the Monitor Breakfast series, visit http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=6FD2D6DF3727DF9C At The Monitor Breakfast, U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secreta...
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- -: Bernanke a Hero? WSJ Editor Wessel Says Crisis Could Have Been Much Worse
August 16, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/05/21/David_Wessel_Meet_Paul_Keating David Wessel, economics editor for The Wall Street Journal and author of In Fed We Trust, argues that Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was one of the biggest heroes to come out of the recent financial crisis. Wessel explains th...
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- -: Chief Justice Roberts: Who Opposed the Bill of Rights?
September 9, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/29/John_G_Roberts_A_History_of_the_US_Bill_of_Rights Chief Justice John Roberts shares two popular theories as to why the Bill of Rights was not included in the original Constitution. One theory is based on Alexander Hamilton's argument in "Federalist No...
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- -: Niall Ferguson: Will Debt Trigger US Collapse?
September 17, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/07/28/Niall_Ferguson_Empires_on_the_Edge_of_Chaos Harvard historian Niall Ferguson predicts that within the next five years, the U.S. will be spending so much on interest payments, it will have to slash defense spending. "Military retreat from the mountains...
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- -: Gladwell on Income Inequality: We're Off the Rails
October 9, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2010 Best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell discusses America's dramatically changing notions of wealth and income inequality since the mid-20th century. Gladwell notes that top-earning Americans faced a 91% income tax rate d...
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- -: Geithner: Economy Feels Weaker Than It Is
November 2, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/18/The_State_of_the_Economy_Timothy_Geithner Concerns over unemployment dominate the American political landscape heading into November's midterm elections, but could an economic rebound be just around the corner? U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithne...
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