BANKS & BANKING
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Democracy Now! October 2, 1998
The Story of the Hurricanes; Sado-Monetarism; The IMF; Banks Bail-out the Rich; International Campaign to Ban Landmines |(14 Minutes) The Story of Hurricanes The US announced $47 million in aid to Haiti and Dominican Republic to help them recover from Hurricane Georges. GUEST: Juan Gonzalez, co-host of Democracy Now! (19 Minutes) Sado-Monetarism: The IMF Today,…
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Democracy Now! September 17, 1998
Bankruptcy Act; Debate on the Western Hemisphere Drug Elimination Act / Human Rights Informantion Act; Iran/Afghanistan Conflict |(14 Miutes) Bankruptcy Act A debate on the consumer Bankruptcy Reform Act, backed by corporate giants Mastercard and Visa. If passed, it will make it more difficult to declare fresh-start bankruptcy. GUEST: Phil Corwin, partner at Federal Legislation…
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Women and credit and other reports / produced by Robert Krulwich.
Reports on women and credit; a history of how the CIA hired or paid or gathered information from foreign correspondents in Europe during the 50’s and 60’s, how it bought a paper in Italy and helped create a news service in England; a tribute to Congressman Michael Harrington, who has been at the center of…