Distinguished law scholar Elizabeth Warren teaches contract law, bankruptcy, and commercial law at Harvard Law School. She is an outspoken critic of America's credit economy, which she has linked to the continuing rise in bankruptcy among the middle-class. Series: "UC Berkeley Graduate Council Lectures"
Sunday, October 17, 2010
France clashes turn more violent
Riot police arrested at least 30 people in Paris as anti-government protesters attacked banks ahead of more industrial action.
Why Work? Welfare addiction in handout hungry UK
Nearly one in eight British households has no-one in work, the highest of all major EU countries. Part of the blame is placed on a welfare system that means the unemployed are often better off on state benefits. But, as Laura Emmett reports, the issue now is the jobs aren't there whether people want them or not.
Multiculturalism utterly failed in Germany - Angela Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that attempts at creating a multi-cultural society in Germany have "utterly failed." Merkel was addressing a national meeting of the youth wing of her Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party.
Her comments come amid a rise in anti-immigrant feeling in the country. A study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation this week revealed a quarter of Germans sympathize with nationalist or racist sentiments. A third who took part in the poll said foreigners should be sent home if there wasn't enough work.
Her comments come amid a rise in anti-immigrant feeling in the country. A study by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation this week revealed a quarter of Germans sympathize with nationalist or racist sentiments. A third who took part in the poll said foreigners should be sent home if there wasn't enough work.
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