Search / 24 posts tagged Peter G Peterson

On September 17, while the financial world was still reeling from the collapse of several Wall Street institutions, a next day air envelope arrived at my house. I probably should have opened it and read its contents before this weekend, because it has a direct bearing on the present crisis.

A crisis resists the usual remedies.

Behind closed doors at an early breakfast this summer, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke shared his concerns with Henry M. Paulson Jr. about the treasury secretary's plans for a massive bailout of a troubled segment of the financial markets: Could he really get a Democratic Congress to grant...

The Post asked foreign affairs analysts and other experts for their take on what the candidates should discuss in the first debate. Here are thoughts from: David M. Walker, Karen Donfried, Michael O'Hanlon, Patrick Clawson, Ronald D. Asmus, Stephen P. Cohen, David Makovsky, Michael Rubin, Nancy S...

A key task for Congress: matching managers' and taxpayers' interests.

I went to see I.O.U.S.A the other night. The documentary was accompanied by a live panel of 5 including Warren Buffet. The show was simulcast live to over 400 theaters nation wide. What an eye opening experience. I left the theater shocked and wondering how we (The United States) are going to fix the many financial problems facing this country over the next several decades.

New website called U.S.A.G.E. addresses entitlement funding crisis raised by movie I.O.U.S.A. Critics of Social Security and Medicare Funding Overlook Transformative Impact of Baby Boomer Generation August 22, 2008, Denver Colo.

The audience was small but enthusiastic at Opry Mills 20 in Nashville last night for the national premiere of I.O.U.S.A. and a live panel broadcast that put the opinions and experience of five fiscal leader in the line of fire from the public.

For one night only, Nashville’s Opry Mills and Green Hills cinemas will screen I.O.U.S.A., a Sundance award-winning documentary on the state of the nation’s finances The screening, which starts at 7 p.m. CST, is integrated into a broadcast panel discussion.

Thoughts of money, loans and debt got you down? You may want to invest in seeing I.O.U.S.A, a documentary about the current state of American spending. And if you’re looking to for something to do tonight, select movie theaters in select cities will be broadcasting a live conversation with Warren Buffett, Pete Peterson & Dave Walker about the topics covered in the film.