San Antonio College Library

This program continues the investigation into the greed and recklessness that drove the world to the brink of financial ruin. Follow the extraordinary bailout engineered by the U.S. Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, himself a former CEO of Goldman Sachs. Go behind the scenes to see desperate world leaders at each other's throats. Watch as you see the effects of the economic turn-down that range from unemployment, foreclosure and homelessness, protesting,...

This report was prepared by a team led by Roberto Zagha, under the general direction of Gobind Nankani.

Examines attempts to stabilize the Mexican economy from the early 1980s to 1991. Includes some economic data from the 1950s. Presents case studies of the privatization of the national telephone monopoly and of the commercial banks.

"In October 2010, nine months after the massive earthquake that devastated Haiti, a second disaster began to unfold--soon to become the world's largest cholera epidemic in modern times. In a country that had never before reported cholera, the epidemic mysteriously and simultaneously appeared in river communities of central Haiti, eventually triggering nearly 800,000 cases and 9,000 deaths. What had caused the first cases of cholera in Haiti in recorded...

Research monograph comprising an analysis of proposed allocations in the 1976 national budget of the USA - examines the choices and alternatives in government policy decision making, and covers defence, health, education, community development, public works, stabilization, nuclear weapons, energy, and other programmes. References and statistical tables.

Provides firsthand insights to the analyses and priorities of that period and a prelude to examination of subsequent ideas and policies.