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LIVE from Columbia: Bethany McLean & Joe Nocera
No full textThe recent booming fracking industry has led many to declare that America will soon be free of the influence of foreign oil and gas suppliers such as Saudi Arabia and Russia. But will we really? This discussion between Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera will persuade you to think about the power of oil in a new way
Commentary: The smartest guys in the room – covering the Enron saga
No full textFortune magazine Bethany McLean profiles her expose on the 2001 Enron financial scandal...
"I thought I'd just start by telling you the story of Enron from my own perspective. It is funny that Helen Clark used the word 'antediluvian' and the director of the enforcement of the US securities regulator SEC recently made a comment that many people in the market today weren't around at the time of the Enron collapse. That made me feel like a bit of a dinosaur...
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The Truth About Fracking’s Impact
No full textBethany McLean digs deep into the cycles of boom and bust that have plagued the American oil industry for the past decade
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Business Gone Bad & the Art of Persistence
No full textVia The Investor's Field Guide podcast: I’ve often heard that good investors are a bit like journalists: doggedly collecting evidence and building an understanding of how all the pieces of a company or investment fit together. My guest this week is one of my favorite writers and journalists, Bethany McLean.
Mary of Bethany: Creation through Conversation
No full textThe author uses the story of Mary of Bethany anointing Jesus’s feet in John 12 as a jumping-off point for considering the prophetic role of artistic conversation, in the Gospel of John, in the whole Bible and in her own artistic life
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The Strange Saga of the U.S. Mortgage Giants
No full textBethany McLeans chronicles the story of Fannie and Freddie and tells us why homeownership finance is now one of the biggest unsolved issues in today's global economy—and why it must be placed on firmer ground
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