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Cocaine Crisis: Did coked-up bankers cause the credit crunch. Here is a direct link to a video report.

There are some truly exciting initiatives in process today that are dramatically improving accessibility to higher learning. With student debt at epic highs, more affordable study options couldn’t be coming at a better time.

A discussion on the future of online education and MOOCS (massive open online courses) with University of Pennsylvania president Amy Gutmann, EdZ CEO Anant Agarwal, New York Times columnist Tom Friedman, former New York City Schools Chancellor and current CEO of Amplify Joel Klein. Here is a direct link.

Attitudes towards austerity are diverging across the globe. Some, like the UK, want to stay the course, others feel it is time to ease the pain. Here is a direct link.