Banks and banking — Corrupt practices.
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Uncovering the Illinois Branch of the Savings and Loan Scandal / Tim Anderson ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein.
Tim Anderson, Founder of a Bank Operations Consulting firm in Illinois, discusses how he became aware of the Savings and Loan crisis in his State. It began when Libertyville Federal collapsed in an unusal fashion. Anderson’s investigation led to the Federal Home Loan Bank Board in Chicago and the Garnes-St. Germaine Act which deregulated the…
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Overview of the Savings and Loan crisis : learning from the past, preparing for the future / Curtis Lang ; interviewed by Dennis Bernstein.
Researcher and writer Chris Lang presents information about American financial institutions which he has uncovered while investigating Texas Savings and Loan failures. He begins by pointing out how the media seems to ignore financial crisis in election years, only investigating banking scandals in odd years. Lang then traces the actions of Joe Russeau, who declared…
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Subcommittee hearings into the Bank of Credit and Commerce International : part 1.
United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations investigation of narcotics and foreign policy implications of the BCCI (Bank of Credit and Commerce International) affair. |r.1. Opening by John Kerry (16 min.) ; Statement by Jesse Helms (10 min.) ; Statement by Alan Cranston ; Statement by Hank Brown ; Statement by James Jeffords ; panel…
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BCCI : bank of crooks and criminals international / produced by Bob Pugsley.
Steven Pizzo, author of Inside Job, Charles Intriaga, attorney and publisher, and Robert Poland, economics professor from U.C. Riverside, examine the proposed deregulation of Banking which parallels the Savings and Loan deregulation. They discuss the relationship between deregulation and the collapse of Banking and particpation in illegal banking activities. They look at the history of…
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The Foreign relations platform : a critique / produced by WBAI news.
Panel discussion which levels criticism at the denial and limited historical perspective in the 1992 Clinton-Democratic Party platform. It overlooks the end of the Cold War with its “peace dividend” as well as the environmental dangers we face. The Democrates harken back to Truman, even though his administration occurred 40 years ago. The panel goes…
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The BCCI scandal and Russia, past and present / Larry Gerwin and Professor Michinov ; interviewed by Ian Masters.
Two interviews on domestic banking issues and the transformation of the Soviet Union to the Russian Confederacy.|THE BCCI SCANDAL AND RUSSIA, PAST AND PRESENT / Larry Gerwin and Professor Michinov| interviewed by Ian Masters. – SERIES: Background briefing| no. 67 Two interviews on domestic banking issues and the transformation of the Soviet Union to the…
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Striking it rich with other peoples money : the dark side of Capitalism / Stephen Pizzo.
Talk by Stephen Pizzo, author of Inside Job: The Looting of America’s Savings and Loans. Pizzo begins by alerting journalists to the dangers of investigating covert topics. He goes on to trace connections between banking, domestic and foreign criminal activities, and United States policy. He uses the Indian Springs State Bank in Kansas, Lincoln Savings,…