Richard Fisher, Simon Johnson, Douglas Elliott, Paul Saltzman,Obama, Steve Curwood, David Hawkins, Michael Brune, Jess Grady-Benson, Martin Luther King, James W. Gerard, Winston Churchill
In 2008, the U.S. Treasury committed 245 billion in taxpayer dollars to stabilize Americaâs banking institutions. Banks that were once âtoo big to failâ have only grown bigger. Was size and complexity at the root of the financial crisis, or do calls to break up the big banks ignore real benefits that only economies of scale can pass on to customers and investors? The debaters are Richard Fisher, Simon Johnson, Douglas Elliott, and Paul Saltzman.
Before the debate, the audience at New York City's Kaufman Center voted 37 percent in favor of the motion and 19 percent against. Forty-four percent were undecided. After the debate, 49 percent supported breaking up big banks which is an increase of 12 percentage points and 39 percent opposed which is an increase of 20 points. That made the side arguing against breaking up the banks the winners of the debate. Source: intelligence2 Debates: Should The U.S. Break Up Big Banks?
Obamaâs Climate Plan
President Obama has a plan to reduce U.S. carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and to expand the use of renewables and natural gas. Steve Curwood gets reactions from David Hawkins Director of Climate Programs at NRDC, Sierra Clubâs executive director Michael Brune, and a student activist, Jess Grady-Benson. Source: living on earth: Obamaâs Grand Climate Plan
Music includes David Rovics - Used To Be A City, Steven Taylor - Go Down Congress, Capitol Steps - Korea, Martin Luther King 3-8-1965, Edwin Starr - War What Is It Good For, James W. Gerard 11-25-1917, Firesign Theatre - Army Training Film, Capitol Steps - The Impossible Dean, David Rovics - Song For Cindy Sheehan, SUV, Winston Churchill - Threat of Nazi, The Producers Soundtrack - Springtime for Hitler, Harmonious Combustion - A Song Of Peace, Doors - Strange Days, Carly Simon - Nobody Does It Better, Herb Alpert - Rotation, Herb Alpert - Bullish, Charles Mingus - Original Faubus Fables
intelligence2 Debates: Should The U.S. Break Up Big Banks? http://www.npr.org/2013/10/17/236380703/debate-should-the-u-s-break-up-big-banks
living on earth: Obamaâs Grand Climate Plan http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=13-P13-00026&segmentID=1
also see http://greatspeechesandinterviews.blogspot.com/2014/09/should-us-break-up-big-banks.html
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