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Anger at AIG is boiling over
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.
Also posted in Business World, Current Affairs, north america, politics Tagged financial crisis, sarah jaffe 7 Comments
Educate yourselves! Finance and real crime
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
Also posted in Current Affairs, Society, crime, human rights, north america, racism Tagged financial crisis, renee martin Leave a comment
Investments and Construction Workers- The Income Gap in Hong Kong
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 [...]


On Obama’s “failed celebrity” and accountability