Managing Partner, Federal Financial Analytics
Managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics, a financial industry consultancy
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Karen Shaw Petrou
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FROM Karen Shaw Petrou
Which Way, L.A.?
Can a Broken Financial System Be Fixed? Where were the regulators? With an economy in meltdown and one financial scandal after another making breaking news, it's a question that won't go away. Were government watchdogs muzzled by de-regulation or just asleep on the job? Who was regulating whom? What kind of reform is needed to protect the economy from the free-wheeling dealing that led to widespread financial failures?
To the Point
Can a Broken Financial System Be Fixed? Where were the regulators? With an economy in meltdown and one financial scandal after another making breaking news, it's a question that won't go away. Were government watchdogs muzzled by de-regulation or just asleep on the job? Who was regulating whom? What kind of reform is needed to protect the economy from the free-wheeling dealing that led to widespread financial failures?
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To the Point
Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?
To the Point
Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?
To the Point
Venezuela spirals into economic and political chaos Venezuela, a country whose potential for prosperity is unmatched, finds itself on the verge of civil war. What sustains the repressive government? With time running out, guest host León Krauze looks at what the international community can do to pull the country from the edge of collapse.
To the Point
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.