First, our panel discussion looks at the World Bank. What has the organization been up to in the post-Paul Wolfowitz era? Our guests walk us through a scandal involving the Bank, HIV and India; whether the Bank should assist in the global financial crisis; and another scandal involving computer breaches and Bank officials’ cozy relationships with corrupt vendors. Guests include:
Then, we sit down with Elaine Mittleman. In the 1970s, Mittleman parlayed an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University into a prestigious financial analyst position at Ford Motors in Detroit. Then, upon earning a law degree, she was quickly recruited to the US Treasury Department in Washington in 1980 to work on the $1.2 billion Chrysler bailout. But she was apparently a bit too conscientious in performing her job.
This episode was filmed on January 8, 2009.
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