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AIG May Join Shareholder Class Action Lawsuit Against US Federal Government After Emerging from Bailout
AIG, recovering from its $182 billion bailout from the United States federal government, is now considering joining its shareholders in a class action lawsuit against its corporate savior. Because of the fifth amendment to the United States Constitution preventing public use of private property without due compensation, former CEO Maurice “Hank” Greenberg brought forward his […]
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Wall Street: The Intersection of Money and Power in the American Empire, Part 2
- May 9, 2012
- 2008 financial crisis
- academics
- Austerity
- Bank of America
- Bear Stearns
- business
- Citibank
- Continental Politics
- Debt Crisis
- Democrats
- Finance
- financial crisis
- Goldman Sachs
- investment banking
- Lehman Brothers
- Monetary Union
- money
- mortgage crisis
- North America
- PBS
- politics
- power
- Republicans
- Video
- Wall Street
Watch Money, Power and Wall Street: Part One on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. Part II of the PBS special documentary about money, power and politics in the United States. Politics, money, and power are three concepts typically associated together, particularly with regard to the American political system. Often cited by critics as one of […]
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Wall Street: The Intersection of Money and Power in the American Empire, Part 1
- May 8, 2012
- 2008 financial crisis
- academics
- Austerity
- Bank of America
- Bear Stearns
- business
- Business & Finance
- Citibank
- Continental Politics
- Debt Crisis
- Democrats
- Documentary
- Economic Crisis
- Finance
- financial crisis
- Goldman Sachs
- Great Recession
- i banking
- international finance
- investment banking
- Lehman Brothers
- leverage
- Monetary Union
- money
- mortgage crisis
- PBS
- politics
- power
- Republicans
- Video
- Wall Street
Watch Money, Power and Wall Street: Part One on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE. Politics, money, and power are three concepts typically associated together, particularly with regard to the American political system. Often cited by critics as one of the main democratic deficiencies of the American political system, the convenient marriage of money and power […]
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