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Wall Street: The Intersection of Money and Power in the American Empire, Part 2
- May 9, 2012
- 2008 financial crisis
- academics
- Austerity
- Bank of America
- Bear Stearns
- business
- Citibank
- Continental Politics
- Debt Crisis
- Democrats
- Finance
- financial crisis
- Goldman Sachs
- investment banking
- Lehman Brothers
- Monetary Union
- money
- mortgage crisis
- North America
- PBS
- politics
- power
- Republicans
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- Wall Street
Watch Money, Power and Wall Street: Part One on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. Part II of the PBS special documentary about money, power and politics in the United States. Politics, money, and power are three concepts typically associated together, particularly with regard to the American political system. Often cited by critics as one of […]
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Science & Technology
Apple’s Silence and ‘The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’
When Mike Daisey’s off-broadway monologue “The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs” aired on NPR’s This American Life, it sparked a controversy around one of the world’s most valuable companies, Apple, and its suppliers in China, particularly Foxconn. The monologue, derived from a collection of first-hand accounts Daisey had during a Foxconn factory visit […]
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Cuban Amnesty Deal Grants Freedom to Thousands.
Foreigners and political prisoners among those freed in Cuba by the Council of State as part of a New Year’s ‘humanitarian gesture’ according to President Raul Castro. A New Year’s amnesty announced by President Raul Castro is being hailed as a humanitarian gesture that grants freedom to over 2,500 prisoners, including political prisoners and foreigners held […]
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Global Banking and the Mexican Cartel Problem.
A major hindrance for governments grappling with international drug trafficking is the very banking system that is the lifeblood of the world economy. Banks around the world either knowingly or unknowingly profit from drug trafficking. This has become a particularly acute issue in the international effort to stop the powerful Mexican drug cartels from moving […]
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Bonanno Boss Killed in Montreal.
Salvatore Montagna, rumored acting boss of the New York Bonanno family, was found dead on Ile aux Tresors on the Assomption River near Charlemagne, a suburb outside of the city of Montreal. He died from a gunshot wound. There are witness reports of a man jumping into the river and it is believed this man […]
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