Danny Schechter,资深记者,基于自己最新的出版书《Plunder》,通过多方采访,将2008年美国华尔街引发的金融危机做了详尽的分析。银行家将房屋贷款精心包装,作为一个商业产品,通过各家保险公司的认证,放入金融市场进行炒作。从最基层的银行房贷经纪到政府金融监管机构,都对这种将债务做投资的行为置若罔闻,甚至丧失天良的参与进了这场时代的骗局。
寻常百姓的房贷在金融市场上,以几十倍甚至上百倍的价格被炒作着。对冲基金推波助澜,当房产泡沫最终被吹爆的瞬间,华尔街的上市公司Bear Stearns(贝尔斯登)瞬间宣布破产,政府扶持的房贷公司,无数投资人的资金瞬间蒸发。而一切不幸也成为了少数人敛财的机会,银行家JP Morgan暗箱操作,以$2每股的极低价格买入贝尔斯登(当日市值为$20多每股),而美国政府的Bail-Out(救急资金)则变相的以薪水...
16 year old Rocco's two aims in life are to get laid and to see his favourite pop star in concert with his best friends, sassy and tomboyish Maria and nerdy and quiet Mauri. When a bullying incident at school forces Rocco to come out to his divorced middle-class parents their liberal leanings are severely tested. Luckily his two friends stand by him and join him in running away from home (in his parents stolen car) to see their favourite singer in concert, followed hot on their heels by his neurotic mother and eccentric gran to hilarious effect. A vibrant , funny coming out tale,, A Little Lust is both immersive and totally life-affirming.
“Nove Ospiti per un Delitto”是阿加莎·克里斯蒂 (Agatha Christie) 的“And Then They Were None”传统中的平庸 giallo。同一个家庭的九名成员去了一个无人居住的岛屿 - 但一家之主(亚瑟肯尼迪)在那里拥有一栋漂亮的房子。问题是他和他的三个儿子保守着一个不为人知的秘密,而这个不为人知的秘密一到岛上就开始困扰着他们。他们一个接一个地成为神秘杀手的牺牲品。