Category Archives: money

On Obama’s “failed celebrity” and accountability

By Renee Martin | Published: June 21, 2009
Despite the vocal complaints from Smiley et al, the Black Intelligentsia are not standing at soup kitchens or awaiting food stamps to feed their families.
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Anger at AIG is boiling over

By Feature Writer | Published: March 18, 2009
Executives and government officials should take note of the public anger. No longer are huge bonuses the stuff of aspiration and dreams. They're evoking anger.
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Educate yourselves! Finance and real crime

By Feature Writer | Published: March 14, 2009
From Madoff to Jack Sterling to Marc Dreier, the criminality of the rich white CEO is being exposed as a commonplace event. What is alarming is that we continue to disassociate their behaviour from serious crime
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Investments and Construction Workers- The Income Gap in Hong Kong

By Jonathan Mok | Published: October 26, 2007
Hong Kong is a global financial center, and a city famous for its “laissez-faire” economic policy. However, it is also a city with one of the highest income gaps in the world. The United Nations’ 2006 human development revealed that the Gini index of Hong Kong was 43.1, the highest among developed countries and cities [...]
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