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Inside Job – Unveiling Economists’ Ties to the Financial Sector

Strategy Driven

PBS NewsHour Economics Correspondent Paul Solman talks to Charles Ferguson, director of Academy Award winning documentary, Inside Job , a film that raises red flags about the world of finance. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation provided funding for this project. Consider leaving a comment!

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At Olympus and Goldman Sachs, Two Very Different Whistleblowers

Harvard Business Review

In 2011, Woodford was asked to lead the Japanese maker of optical equipment, first as president (in April) then as CEO (in September). The different implications arising from hard fact and harsh opinion are illustrated by two whistleblowers who have recently published books. Goldman settled within months for $550 million.