Iranian Ex-Pats React to the Turmoil in Iran
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LA's Iranian expats and their families are transfixed by events in their home country, but they're also divided on what they want to see happen and how to achieve their goals. We hear several voices. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the regulatory reforms proposed yesterday are designed to avoid another financial meltdown, but they're already under fire for doing too much -- and for not doing enough. We hear how the debate is shaping up.
Banner image: Two Iranian woman who have just voted, walk past a group protesting against the Presidential elections in Iran, outside a polling booth for the local Iranian community in Los Angeles on June 12. Photo: Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images
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Iranian Ex-Pats React to the Turmoil in Iran ()
Another day, another mass protest on the streets of Tehran, this time with many people wearing black to signify mourning for those killed since last Friday's elections. Los Angeles is the home of more Iranians and their descendents than any place other than the mother country, and many are not just interested but deeply involved. We speak to Iranian-Americans with different views of what's going on in their home country.
Guests:
- Roja Bandari: Graduate Student in Engineering, UCLA
- Assal Pahlevan: Correspondent and Host, Channel One TV
- Reza Goharzad: Host of 'Politics Today,' KIRN Radio
- Jimmy Delshad: Vice Mayor, City of Beverly Hills
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President Obama Wants New Rules for Wall Street ()
Just one day after President Obama unveiled his proposed overhaul of financial regulations, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner was called to defend it on Capitol Hill.
Guests:
- Binyamin Appelbaum: National Banking Reporter, Washington Post, @BCAppelbaum
- Doug Rediker: Director of the Global Strategic Finance Initiative, New America Foundation
- John Berlau: Director of the Center for Investors and Entrepreneurs, Competitive Enterprise Institute
- Nomi Prins: Senior Fellow, Demos
Links:
- Appelbaum's article on the battle over the Obama's plan
- Demise of the Glass-Steagall Act, PBS on
- AEI-Brookings study on economic consequences of the Sarbanes Oxley Act
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
- Washington Post article on financial reforms, the art of the possible
- Joe Nocera's (New York Times) column on what the financial overhaul doesn't do
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Which Way L.A.? is made possible in part by the Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, the Nathan Cummings Foundation, and the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation, which supports study and research into policy issues of the Los Angeles region.
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