Video Library

Phil Angelides addresses the Commonwealth Club, March 3, 2011

In this briefing, Mr. Angelides presents the major findings and ramifications of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and overviews its final report, published in January 2011.  An informative, hard-hitting, lucid address — Worth every minute of your time.

Watch now:  Phil Angelides, Chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

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PBS Frontline:  The Warning

The crisis of 2008 didn’t have to happen.   In the late 1990s, Brooksley Born, Chair of the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), warned of the risks and dangers of the unregulated, opaque derivatives market.  Watch this report on how Congress, then Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan, Treasury Secretary,  Robert Rubin, and Deputy Treasury Secretary, Larry Summers, aligned to strip the CFTC of its authority in this area and vanquish Ms. Born’s insightful warning.   Note: Brooksley Born was subsequently appointed a Commissioner of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to determine the causes of the economic crisis.

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