www.ted.com In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big...
The current financial crisis was caused by financial institutions themselves, not by their customers, Richard Kovacevich, MBA 67, chairman of Wells Fargo, told a Stanford...
Financial Markets (ECON 252) Portfolio diversification is the most fundamental concept of risk management. The allocation of financial resources in stocks, bonds, riskless, assets, oil...
Financial Markets (ECON 252) Insurance provides significant risk management to a broad public, and is an essential tool for promoting human welfare. By pooling large...
President Obama calls for new restrictions on the size and scope of financial institutions to rein in excessive risk-taking and protect taxpayers. The proposed legislation...
The European parliament elections are underway, with the economic crisis one of the key issues affecting voters. But while taxpayers will foot the bill for...
Rep. Alan Grayson asks a group of witnesses representing parts of the hedge fund industry what the rules should be to prevent large financial institutions...
The Magdalene Sisters: Eye-awakening 2002 Film of despicable religious corruption The Magdalene Sisters is a Peter Mullan 2002 film about teenage girls who were sent...
David Iglesias, the former US attorney from New Mexico who was fired in 2007, criticizes the role that politics played in the Bush Administrations Department...
