Of business. 2020 marks a special year, our one hundredth anniversary and we are celebrating 100 years of purpose driven business education. Since our inception we believed in the power of partnerships to inform and lead change. I would like to thank the center for Global Security analysis and our wonderful partners, the museum of American Finance and cfa society of new york for cosponsoring the conversation. One of the goals of the centennial series is to shine the light on the importance history plays on shaping the future. In shennette garrettscott at latest book banking on freedom black women in u. S. Finance before the new deal she explores the rich period of black financial innovation and its Transformative Impact on us capitalism. Todays session will take place in 3 parts. First my colleague and friend david cowan, president and ceo of American Finance will introduce shennette garrettscott. Then she will discuss her book banking on freedom black women in u. S. Finance before the
They also reflect on the death of Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg and her influence on the court, and the legal profession. From Georgetown University law center, this is two hours. Welcome, everyone to our annual, Supreme Court preview. Before we get started with todays scheduled program, i wanted to take the opportunity to acknowledge the passing of Justice Ginsburg. She was a trail blazing civil rights lawyer, a giant of a jurist, and a largerthanlife human being. Anlife human being. But but what i will remember most about her was her indomitable spirit. That and the devastating series of questions she hurled at me inf course. Invite time, i want to any Panel Members who wish to do so to say anything they would like about Justice Ginsburg, but first, let me introduce our panel. [reads names] anybody who wants to come up be on video and take the floor. To, be on video and take the floor. Anyone want to start . Don . To get myill trying head around the idea that Justice Ginsburg wont be o
I want to take the opportunity to acknowledge the passing of Justice Ginsberg. She was a trailblazing civil rights lawyer, a giant of a jurist and a largerthanlife human being. But what i will remember most about her is her indomitable spirit. That and the devastating series of questions she hurled my way at oral argument in the Lilly Ledbetter case. In the kindest way possible, of course. Invite time, i want to any Panel Members who wish to do so to say anything they would like about Justice Ginsburg, but first, let me introduce our panel. [reads names] anybody who wants to come up be on video and take the floor. To, be on video and take the floor. Anyone want to start . Don . To get myill trying head around the idea that Justice Ginsburg wont be on the bench any longer. , maybe for most of us all of us on this panel who have argued in front of the court, she has in there for every argument we have paid have made. As you said in your introduction , even when you ultimately got her vot
We also found that nearly 33 companies and people have been blacklisted in the u. S. For various serious crimes. Also we were able to do business offshore with Mossack Fonseca, they were clients for a long time. We look at the role of big banks, and how more than 500 banks, specifically in this leak, how they had helped 15,000 offshore companies through Mossack Fonseca, in many cases helping clients around the orld avoid paying taxes. One of most surprising findings, the politicians. You imagine that billionaires and maybe celebrities, they had these offshore companies for rivacy issues or tax issues, but to find nearly 200 oliticians, and 16 World Leaders, in this data, using the tax havens, including some World Leaders who have been at the forefront against tax havens. That was really interesting. We created a whole application to look at this important issue. Reaction and impact, you remember the viral media. In iceland, where the Prime Minister testified a few days after publicatio
In Disaster Relief for those members of our fishing community, so many of whom have had their whole livelihoods taken away from them. And this Disaster Relief money is going to help them during these difficult times, help them to recover, to rebuild what i believe is one of the most critical economic sack ters still in new england. Its one of the oldest, certainly. Im also pleased that this bill reverses some of the reckless cuts from sequestration and instead it makes important investments in the friewrt of this country, in our education, infrastructure, in science and innovation, and yet it also makes strategic cuts. For example, one of my favorites in the bill is that it prohibits taxpayerfunded expenditures on Oil Paintings for public officials. This is an idea that senator coburn and i have been work on over the last year and i think its exactly the kind of Government Spending that we need to get rid of. It seppedz sends a message, a. Even though its not a lot of money, its symbol