Dylan Ratigan at The Commonwealth Club
Dylan Ratigan, of MSNBC’s “The Dylan Ratigan Show,” and author, of Greedy Bastard$! is interviewed by Quentin Hardy, Deputy Technology Editor, The New York Times.
Dylan Ratigan, of MSNBC’s “The Dylan Ratigan Show,” and author, of Greedy Bastard$! is interviewed by Quentin Hardy, Deputy Technology Editor, The New York Times.
Bill Moyers interviewed former Citigroup chairman John Reed about the financial crisis. When asked about government regulation, he replied with this about cars and brakes (paraphrased): Reed: Why does a car have brakes? Moyers: To stop. Reed: NO! A car has brakes so you can go FAST. Imagine if you had a car without brakes–and …
Caught this interview with Elizabeth Warren on The Daily show. Particularly liked the part about value: Whenever we give tax breaks or spend tax money, we’re investing. Those investments reflect our values, or rather, they reflect the values of our legislators: Tax breaks for the wealthy. Tax increases on middle class. Less support of college …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgNuSEZ8CDw The line that startled me was at the beginning: “Today just 400 Americans have the same wealth as half of all Americans combined.” Transcript below…