Bill Bradley - Big Money, Lobbyists, and American Politics
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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1124 Former New Jersey Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Bradley criticizes the influence of lobbyists and high-dollar campaign contributors on American politics. ----- "A Troubling Nexus: Big Money and Politics" with Senators Bill Bradley and Alan Simpson speaking at T... Read more
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- -: Bill Bradley - Big Money, Lobbyists, and American Politics
July 23, 2007 (almost 17 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1124 Former New Jersey Senator and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Bradley criticizes the influence of lobbyists and high-dollar campaign contributors on American politics. ----- "A Troubling Nexus: Big Money and Politics" with Se...
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- -: Is Capitalism Always Good for Democracy? - Robert Reich
September 25, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1587 Former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich argues that certain aspects of capitalism are often at odds with the best interests of democracy. ----- Robert Reich discusses "Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, a...
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- -: Iraq, the Neocons and the Israel Lobby - John Mearsheimer
December 20, 2007 (over 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=1967 Author and political scientist John J. Mearsheimer argues that neoconservative and pro-Israel lobby groups were both greatly influential to the U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq. ----- John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt discuss "The ...
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- -: Lawrence Lessig: Real Change Starts With Election Reform
January 20, 2009 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/01/14/Lawrence_Lessig_Remix Stanford law professor and digital rights advocate Lawrence Lessig discusses the importance of finance reform for Congressional elections. Lessig argues that large private donations to politicians inherently limit the public's fa...
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- -: Lawrence Lessig: Corrupt Congress a Farm League for K Street Lobbyists
November 3, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/10/08/Lawrence_Lessig_on_Institutional_Corruption Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig makes a sweeping indictment of the relationship between special interest groups, their lobbyists, and Capitol Hill politicians. "Members, staffers and bureaucrats incre...
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- -: Naomi Klein Implicates Corporate Climate Lobbyists at COP15
December 23, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/15/Klein_Gives_Monsanto_Award_for_Worst_Climate_Lobbyist Journalist Naomi Klein calls the COP15 talks "a very polite affair" for focusing on "false solutions" that fail to address the role corporate lobbyists play in influencing climate change policy. "W...
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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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