Crisis

Water: Early Warning for Conflict or Catalyst for Peace?

J. Carl Ganter | Posted 05.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Environment, Water, China, Peace, Tibet, Circle of Blue, Crisis, Glaciers, Climate Change, Mexico, Politics News
J. Carl Ganter

On the Tibetan Plateau, where a whim of nature created the highest points on Earth, many of the world's major rivers are born. Each day their flows br...

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Hank Paulson: 2008 To Be A Difficult Year

Thomson Financial | Posted 04.12.2008 | Business

Read More: Crisis, Hank Paulson 2008, Henry Paulson, Credit Crisis, Hank Paulson, Henry Paulson Wall Street, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Business News

US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson today warned that the US economy is not yet out of trouble, and said the combination of the housing correction, fi...

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My Conversation with Pete Peterson

Charlie Rose | Posted 04.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Funds, Economic, Crisis, Video, Wealth, Sovereign, Charlie Rose, Business News
Charlie Rose

2008-04-03-charliepeterson.jpgPeterson discusses how he sees the current economic crisis, sovereign wealth funds, and his relationship with Blackstone co-founder and CEO, Steve Schwarzman.

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Reading The Pictures: Bear Stearns' Wanton Ambition

Michael Shaw | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Skyscraper, Annual Report, Photo, Empire State Building, Speculation, Crisis, Bear Stearns, Business, Sub-Prime Mortgages, Melt Down, Crash, Bear Stearns Purhcase, Bear Stearns and JPMorgan Chase, Bear Stearns Bailout, Bear Stearns Buyout, Financial Crisis, Bear Stearns Collapse, Bear Stearns and Mortgage Crisis, Business News
Michael Shaw

2008-03-18-shaw_stearns.jpg I kid you not, this is the image from page 4 of the Bear Stearns 2000 Annual Report.

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We Didn't Do It!

Gerald Bracey | Posted 01.28.2008 | Home

Read More: Crisis, Test Scores, Scapegoats, Spending, Economy, Home News
Gerald Bracey

American educators are, by and large, a passive bunch. Comes the lashing over our alleged failures and we mostly take a "this too shall pass," or an ...

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Deregulation and the Financial Crisis

Robert Weissman | Posted 01.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Mortgage Crisis, Deregulation, Housing Market, Subprime Mortgages, Finance, Stocks, Stock Market, Housing Bubble, Crisis, Business News
Robert Weissman

The current crisis is the predictable (and predicted) result of a massive U.S. housing bubble, which itself can be traced in part to global economic imbalances that could have been prevented.

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