- -: Globalization, Trade Deficits, and the New Working Class
September 16, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/12/Gabor_Steingart_The_New_World_Disorder German journalist Gabor Steingart blames western nations' trade deficits for the shift of traditional manufacturing jobs to developing countries, a phenomenon he describes as a "second industrial age - blue-colla...
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- -: Freedom, Capitalism and Morality - Eric Foner
September 23, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/06/03/Eric_Foner_Freedom_in_America_1776-2008 Eric Foner, DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, argues that traditionally-held American values of free-market capitalism and Christian morality are inherently contradictory. ----- In th...
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- -: Michael Bloomberg - Economic Crisis May Get Worse
September 23, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/17/Michael_Bloomberg_on_the_Economy_in_Crisis Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg, L.P., warns of a further worsening of the current U.S. economic crisis. ----- Mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses a Georgetown audience on ...
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- -: Could Infrastructure Spending Save the Economy?
September 24, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/17/Michael_Bloomberg_on_the_Economy_in_Crisis Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg, L.P., suggests that increased spending on infrastructure may help revive the economy. ----- Mayor Michael Bloomberg addresses a Georgetow...
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- -: Ben Affleck - Grassroots Change in Africa
September 26, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/08/27/Ben_Affleck_Engaging_Africans_on_the_Ground Actor Ben Affleck discusses grassroots efforts to encourage positive economic development in Africa. This program is taken from a panel discussion entitled "Combating Global Poverty," recorded at the 2008 De...
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- -: Ralph Nader on the Bailout and the Economic Crisis
October 8, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/30/Ralph_Nader_Whistle-Blower_Advocate_Spoiler Activist, author and 2008 independent Presidential candidate Ralph Nader criticizes the federal government's "bailout" of Wall Street, and blames deregulation for the current downturn in the economy. ----- ...
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- -: Alan Greenspan - Capitalism and the Economic Crisis
October 13, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/02/Alan_Greenspan_Markets_and_the_Judiciary Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan predicts that the current global economic crisis may revive the international debate between capitalism and socialism. ----- Alan Greenspan discusses Market...
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- -: Naomi Klein Blames Greenspan, Deregulation for Economic Crisis
November 10, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/20/Naomi_Klein_and_Joseph_Stiglitz_on_Economic_Power Liberal commentator Naomi Klein blames Alan Greenspan for the current economic crisis, citing the former Federal Reserve Chairman's push to deregulate financial systems such as derivatives markets as a...
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- -: Joseph Stiglitz - "Market Fundamentalism Is Dead"
November 11, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/20/Naomi_Klein_and_Joseph_Stiglitz_on_Economic_Power Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz criticizes American financial leadership in the run-up to the current economic crisis, and declares free-market fundamentalism "dead" as a guiding principl...
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- -: A New Phase for the Global Economy? - Mark Thirlwell
November 14, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/10/29/Mark_Thirlwell_The_End_of_the_Free_Market Australian economist Mark Thirlwell argues that September 15, 2008 - the day the U.S. government declined to rescue ailing financial power Lehman Brothers - may mark the birth of a new phase for the global eco...
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