Whitney updates on ‘strained municipalities’ and negative feedback loops

Meredith Whitney, banking analyst and chief executive officer of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, talks about the municipal bond market and challenges facing the U.S. financial industry. She speaks at the Milken Institute 2013 Global Conference. Here is a direct link.

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Birds are what they eat too

This is a very upsetting glimpse of the impact of human waste on the natural world. 2000 miles from continents, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Hard to watch, but facts must be faced before we can grow and improve. Here is a direct link.

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Al Gore on captured congress and barriers to meaningful reform

Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore talks about the state of American democracy, global climate change and the likelihood that Hillary Clinton will run for president in 2016. He speaks with Willow Bay at the Milken Institute 2013 Global Conference: “No meaningful reform that effects any powerful special interest can pass, unless that special interest first gives its permission…” No democracy here folks. Here is a direct link.

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