Dubai is not doing so well. They have one of the highest debt per capita ratio in the world. Prices are free falling, and projects are grinding to a halt.
posted by nomino 1 decade 5 years 10 months ago • 4,422 views • 2:20Financial Crisis! Media on the web 2.0
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Freedom for all the Noam Chomskies, Pepe Escobars, Chavezes, ENDOFCAPITALISMENDOFWORLD?
An attempt at a collection about the Financial Crisis (tm) and its coverage on the internet (2.0).
Is there even a sliver of hope that this will ever be made right?
posted by Lendl 1 decade 5 years 9 months 1 week ago • 3,060 viewshttp://www.CapitalismHitsTheFan.com With breathtaking clarity, renowned UMass Economics Professor Richard Wolff breaks down the root causes of today's economic crisis, showing how it was decades in... continue reading
posted by dystopianfuturetoday 1 decade 5 years 9 months ago • 6,358 views • 4:39from TED: "Even as mega-banks topple, Juan Enriquez says the big reboot is yet to come. But don't look for it on your ballot -- or in the stock exchange. It'll come from science labs, and it promises keener... continue reading
posted by jonny 1 decade 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 6,138 viewsEver since this country got rid of the gold standard, we have continued to print more and more worthless money. This country is headed for a major depression and its coming on fast.
posted by MrLips 1 decade 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 3,636 views"(...)Within 24 hours, the world economy would have collapsed." Democratic representative Paul Kanjorksi talks about the events of September 15, 2008. At 11:00am that day, an electronic run began on... continue reading
posted by StukaFox 1 decade 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 2,926 viewsArchbishop Desmond Tutu argues that modern culture places too much of an emphasis on competitiveness and financial success. "We have seemed to ask, 'Is it profitable?" he says. "We ought to have been asking,... continue reading
posted by Farhad2000 1 decade 5 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,449 viewsFebruary 25, 2009
posted by Gratefulmom 1 decade 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,606 viewsInteresting stuff, though.
posted by NetRunner 1 decade 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 1,677 viewsWow. It's weird to watch, but these guys are the 'Trash Out Crew' - they empty the foreclosed properties of everything left behind, including computers, photos, childrens toys and even...urns.
posted by Zonbie 1 decade 5 years 8 months 1 week ago • 8,792 views*chutzpah
posted by NetRunner 1 decade 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 4,798 viewsWill the media learn something about journalism from Jon Stewart? We can only hope so.
posted by NetRunner 1 decade 5 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 7,745 viewsDespite attempts by media figures to pin the blame for the current economic situation on Obama, an ABC/Washington Post poll found that "8 in 10 Americans blame banks and other financial institutions, 7... continue reading
posted by volumptuous 1 decade 5 years 7 months ago • 4,439 viewsThe One Percent is a 2006 documentary about the growing wealth gap between America's wealthy elite and the citizenry on the whole. It was created by Jamie Johnson, heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune.... continue reading
posted by SpeveO 1 decade 5 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 12,303 views • 1:16:33How much is $100 million dollars in budget cuts compared to the federal budget as a whole? This video illustrates the budget using 10 thousand pennies to demonstrate what fraction of that is going to be... continue reading
posted by wagthedog1 1 decade 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 5,104 viewsGoldman Sachs remains the eye of the U.S. economic pyramid, thanks to the government-funded scaffolding.
posted by cybrbeast 1 decade 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,213 viewsMax Keiser: "They are literally stealing a hundred million dollars a day. Goldman Sachs is stealing every day on the floor of the exchange. They should be in the Hague, they should be taken on financial... continue reading
posted by nomino 1 decade 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 4,697 viewsThis, amazingly, is still a fresh story. New evidence has just turned up in July 2009: A man claims to have shot and killed 38 people- http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/20010941/index.html (Video) ... continue reading
posted by longde 1 decade 5 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 3,634 views