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Showing videos filed under: lloyd blankfein
Philip Rizk, Phyllis Bennis, Uncloaking Koch & Inequality
January 31, 2011"People are sick and tired of the way things have been for the past 30 years," says Philip Rizk, a blogger and filmmaker based in Cairo. In 2009, Philip was detained by state security after taking part in a protest in support of Gaza, and so has intimate awareness of the control and terror inflicted by the state on its people--who are only escalating, with a general strike called for today and a "Million March" for Tuesday.The F Word: Inequality Drives Egyptians to Streets, But Ours Worse
January 31, 2011It's amazing what inequality can drive people to, eventually. Just look at Egypt. “These big guys are stealing all the money,” one 24-year-old textile worker told standing at his second job as a fruit peddler told a reporter this weekend. "People are desperate.”Too Big to Jail?
May 6, 2010William K. Black helped coordinate criminal investigations and prosecutions during the Savings & Loan crisis of the 1980s, when regulators played important parts in sending key players to jail. This time around, we've seen CEOs like Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs face a scolding in front of Congress, but no arrests. Where are the handcuffs? Our friends at the Huffington Post Investigative Fund asked Black just that.Zach Carter, Net Neutrality and Too Big to Jail
May 5, 2010The financial reform bill made it through the first Republican filibuster last week and is being debated and amended now on the Senate floor. Regulating Wall Street isn't easy, though, and economics journalist Zach Carter has noted that the proposed reforms are "pretty flimsy"--he uncovered a loophole that allows banks to continue to make illegal trades without punishment!Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Lisa Shannon and Superfront
April 27, 2010Financial reform came up for a test vote this week in the Senate--and the Republican party (plus Ben Nelson) voted to filibuster the bill before even debating the subject. Will GOP political posturing continue to hold progress hostage? What's the point of being the Party of No, and will the Republicans' apparent decision to stick to that line finally push Obama to decide that there's no point in trying to win them over, and lead him to making progressive choices--for the Supreme Court, say?The F Word: More Than Reform For Subprime Hurt
April 27, 2010When the dust settles, the chain of command at Goldman Sachs -- from CEO Lloyd Blankfein, to junior executive Fab Tourre -- who calls himself the "fabulous Fab" -- face no jail time. A battalion of defense lawyers will see to that, and the Securities and Exchange Commission can only go so far, having been asleep at the wheel for years.The F Word: Hard At Work Figuring Out Imbalance
April 26, 2010For a little balance on the deal reached between New York City's residential building owners and their hard working janitors and doormen -- It's not as if the doormen and women are the only hard workers in the building.The F Word: The State of the Corporate Union
January 25, 2010The state of the Union will be a little different this year. Thanks to a last-minute switch the annual address will be presented by Lloyd Blankfein, CEO and Chairman of Goldman Sachs, known henceforth as CEO of America.
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