Posts tagged ‘banking’

Spain’s Robin Hood Mayor and Landless Peasants Battle Bankers

by , posted on Wednesday, September 5th, 2012 at 8:35 am

from The Real News Network

In Southern Spain, Juan Manuel Sánchez Gordillo, mayor of the small town of Marinaleda, is helping organize a growing protest movement against the austerity measures imposed by the Spanish government. Sánchez Gordillo and the landless peasants that follow him are at the forefront of demonstrations seeking a radical change in the country’s economic policies in response to the country’s worsening crisis.

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Bill Black Report: Majority of Wall Street Money Now Goes to Romney

by , posted on Sunday, September 2nd, 2012 at 10:21 am

from The Real News Network

Bill Black: Even though many on Wall Street understand need for regulation, most want a free-for-all and damn the consequences

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Bill Black Reports: LIBOR and HSBC

by , posted on Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 at 10:23 am

from the Real News Network

Bill Black, author of “The Best Way To Rob a Bank is to Own One” begins a regular TRNN feature reporting on financial news

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John Fullerton: Can Financial Reform Fight Climate Change?

by , posted on Monday, July 9th, 2012 at 10:23 pm

from GRITtv with Laura Flanders

Former managing director at JP Morgan John Fullerton wants to see a complete re-imagining of the world of investments. If we don’t, Fullerton argues in this conversation with Laura Flanders, our grandchildren will ask us, “What were you thinking?”

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Chris Hayes and Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Twilight of the Elites

by , posted on Wednesday, June 13th, 2012 at 7:50 pm

from The Nation

Have the elite leaders of our meritocratic society failed us? Nation Editor-at-Large Chris Hayes speaks with Editor and Publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel about the ways intelligence is used to detrimental ends, and how we can ensure it is used for good.

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