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  • “Decade of Greed”

    01/01/2004 4:52:07 AM PST · by FlyLow · 34 replies · 453+ views
    Media Research Center ^ | Medial Reseach Center
    You’d think that after the phony bubble of the late 1990s, built on exaggerated earnings and revenue claims by some greedy corporate executives, that referring to the Reagan era of the 1980s as “the Decade of Greed” would be passe. But it’s a slap at the decade some in the media can’t shake. Case in point: On Tuesday’s Today, Matt Lauer marked the 20th anniversary of the film The Big Chill -- yes, NBC considered this milestone newsworthy -- by recalling how it was released in 1983, a period he described as “a time of Reaganomics, burgeoning yuppies, and the...
  • Investing on the bubble

    07/15/2002 5:33:12 AM PDT · by Oldeconomybuyer · 5 replies · 184+ views
    SF Chronicle ^ | 7-15-02 | Carolyn Lochhead
    <p>'TWAS THE QUARTER before the crash, three years ago. The Nasdaq was climbing off the charts, and a Washington economist -- Sen. John McCain's top economic adviser in the Arizona Republican's presidential campaign -- co- authored a book called "Dow: 36,000."</p>