Lectures tagged "Banking & Finance"


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Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Christopher Hedges
March 3, 2010
01:22:00
In Empire of Illusion, Chris Hedges argues that we now live in two societies: one, the minority, functions in a print-based, literate world, that can cope with complexity and can separate illusion from truth.
Adam Haslett: Union Atlantic
Adam Haslett
February 18, 2010
00:38:52
Short story writer and debut novelist Adam Haslett reads from Union Atlantic. At the heart of Union Atlantic lies a test of wills between a young banker, Doug Fanning, and a retired schoolteacher, Charlotte Graves, whose two dogs have begun to speak to her.
David M. Walker: Restoring Fiscal Responsibility in the US
David M. Walker
January 27, 2010
00:57:22
Financial expert David M. Walker examines the United States' national fiscal outlook and discusses his new book, Comeback America: Turning the Country Around and Restoring Fiscal Responsibility.
Joseph Stiglitz: America and the Sinking of the World Economy
Joseph Stiglitz: America and the Sinking of the World Economy
Joseph E. Stiglitz
January 25, 2010
00:50:03
Nobel Prize--winning economist Joseph Stiglitz talks about his new treatise, Freefall: America, Free Markets, and the Sinking of the World Economy, in conversation with writer and editor Cullen Murphy.
Raj Patel: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Raj Patel: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy
Raj Patel
January 11, 2010
00:55:45
Activist Raj Patel discusses his new book, The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, with radio's On Point producer, John Wihbey.
How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities
John Cassidy
December 4, 2009
00:46:49
Journalist John Cassidy examines How Markets Fail: The Logic of Economic Calamities, describing the rising influence of what he calls utopian economics--thinking that is blind to how real people act and that denies the many ways an unregulated free market can produce disastrous unintended c
Frontline: Understanding the Meltdown
Frontline: Understanding the Meltdown
Michael Kirk
November 19, 2009
00:46:22
Michael Kirk, director of the Frontline documentary, Inside the Meltdown, discusses the recent financial meltdown and its impact with William Lowell, co-chair of Choate's Wealth Management Group; Roger Lowenstein, contributing writer for The New York Times; and Todd Milley
Ethics and Integrity in Good Times and in Crisis
Howard Putnam
November 3, 2009
01:22:43
Howard Putnam, the former CEO of Southwest Airlines and the man who was recruited to rescue the financially failing Braniff International, talks about the indispensable role of ethics and integrity, whether you are trying to navigate a crisis or to build a thriving business.