The videos in this entry are from the NOW on PBS on November 12, 2009. The video is available in full at PBS. Elizabeth Warren (Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel on TARP) is interviewed.
Part 1 (9:35)
Part 2 (8:31)
Part 3 (6:02)
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This is a clip from the Democracy Now March 3, 2010 program regarding "vulture capitalism" and a BBC documentary done by Greg Palast - includes interview with Palast. Vulture capitalism refers to investment companies (almost universally based in the United States) which purchase debt of poor nations for pennies on the dollar, and then collect at double or triple that amount.
This aired on 10/09/09 on Bill Moyers Journal, and is Moyers' essay on the revolving door of insurance and governement.
This discussion aired on 10/09/09 On Bill Moyers Journal. Speaking are Representative Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and Simon Johnson professor of Global Economics and Management at MIT's Sloan School of Management/
This is an excerpted clip (2:36) of Andrea Mitchell interviewing Barney Frank on TARP on July 10, 2009. Full video (5:35) Partial transcript in extended entry.
Continue reading Andrea Mitchell Interviews Barney Frank on TARP.
The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil' (8:33)
n May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including murder in Nigeria in the 1990s. This mini-documentary tells the story of the rise of an inspiring and nonviolent movement for human rights and environmental justice, and the lengths Shell was willing to go to stop it. For more information, visit: The Case Against Shell
Bill Moyers Journal. Shown 6/05/2009. Jeremy Scahill on Obama and Private Contractors (17:56)
Transcript in the extended entry
Continue reading Jeremy Scahill on Obama and Private Contractors.
David Simon: An American Observer. Moyers Journal. 4/17/2009. Wide ranging interview addressing crime, poverty, the war on drugs, etc.
4/03/2009. Bill Moyers Interviews the I.F. Stone Award Winners. The first "Izzies," are awarded to Glenn Greenwald and Amy Goodman. Excellent discussion of the media and the role of journalism. approx 10 minutes
4/03/2009. Bill Moyers interviews William Black in CSI Bailout. It is a stunning discussion of the current financial meltdown. A must watch. (approx 20 minutes)
