Complete video at: fora.tv Van Jones, acclaimed author and President of Rebuild the Dream, and Eliot Spitzer, former Governor of New York, discuss the actors who triggered the 2008 financial collapse and the ramifications of the regulatory failure on middle class America. —- Culture Project’s acclaimed town hall series, is a bold hybrid of journalism, theatre and film that brings together leading experts in politics, journalism, academia, and social activism along with visionary artists, to create high-voltage, multimedia conversations designed to educate, entertain and mobilize citizens for vigorous engagement in restoring accountability into our civic society. Accountability is critical to democracy. At a time when grave challenges threaten American democracy, Culture Project presents “Blueprint for Accountability,” a series that asks “How can we empower ourselves to hold our leaders–in government, education and corporate institutions–accountable for the events of the past and the conditions of the future?”
Introductory Statement by Chairman Carl Levin – From Senate Committee hearings. The credit rating agencies are; Moody’s, Standard and Poors, and Fitch….QUOTE: “Concluding a two-year bipartisan investigation, Senator Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Senator Tom Coburn MD, R-Okla., Chairman and Ranking Republican on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, today released a 635-page final report (PDF, 6MB) on their inquiry into key causes of the financial crisis. The report catalogs conflicts of interest, heedless risk-taking and failures of federal oversight that helped push the country into the deepest recession since the Great Depression.” levin.senate.gov
Global Financial Markets Tremble As Bad Economic News Continues for US US Offers Foreign Aid to Countries Holding Billions in Treasury Securities The Congressional Research Service released a report last month, a copy of which Fox News exclusively obtained, showing that in fiscal year 2010, the latest year that data was available, the US handed out a total of .4 billion to 16 foreign countries that held at least billion in Treasury securities, including China (.2 million), Brazil ( million), Russia (.5 million), India (6.6 million), Mexico (6.7 million) and Egypt (5.7 million). China is the largest holder of US Treasury bonds with .1 trillion as of March, according to the Treasury Department. Brazil held 3.5 billion, Russia had 7.8 billion, India owned .8 billion, Mexico held .1 billion and Egypt had .3 billion. www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com Dismal Jobs Report Fuels GOP Criticism of Administration on Economy Republicans continued to hammer Obama with an infamous chart pushed by his administration during the 2009 stimulus debate which predicted unemployment would stay below 8 percent and that, by this time, the rate would be below 7 percent. www.foxnews.com Global Financial Markets Tremble As Bad Economic News Continues To Pour In truthiscontagious.com US Growth: Slow and Volatile www.nationaljournal.com As the US economy starts to slow down once again, global financial markets are beginning to tremble. Over the past couple of …
THE ▀█▀ █▀ █_█ ▀█▀ █▬█ Я Ξ √ Ω LUT ↑ ☼ N There are fresh demonstrations in Madrid against severe budget cuts as the country tries to reduce its massive debt. Spain has been tipped as the next Eurozone economy at risk of needing a bailout, but some say it could be too big to save. RT talks to Jim Corr, a political activist and musician from the Irish band the Corrs. RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com
European markets edge higher, but investors remain cautious ahead of an EU leaders meeting where the main discussion will be about sovereign debt worries.
