All that Glitters
An illegal mining site in Madre de Dios, Peru / Ernesto Benavides for The Atavist
This is an excerpt from The Atavist
‘s 10th anniversary story, “The Gilded Age” by award-winning reporter Scott Eden. Gold mined in the jungles of Peru brought riches to three friends in Miami but it also carried ruin.
Scott Eden | The Atavist | January 2021 | 5 minutes (1,352 words)
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In 1511, the king of Spain gave his New World explorers an order: Get gold, humanely if possible, but at all costs get gold. Humanely was not how it happened.
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. all eyes will be on ben bernanke tomorrow. that s when the federal reserve chief will give his first-ever press conference. and tom, this will be the start of regular briefings between bernanke and the media. tom: first one, susie, in an unprecedented move, bernanke will talk to reporters shortly after the fed releases its statement on monetary policy. he can expect questions about inflation and when the fed is going to pull the plug on its bond-buying program that has pumped billions of dollars into the economy. susie: and as darren gersh reports, bernanke is trying to improve the fed s communication at a crucial time for the economy and the central bank. reporter: its popularity sagging and under fierce attack by critics, the federal reserve has good reason to up its p.r. game. donald kohn says his former colleagues at
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. all eyes will be on ben bernanke tomorrow. that s when the federal reserve chief will give his first-ever press conference. and tom, this will be the start of regular briefings between bernanke and the media. tom: first one, susie, in an unprecedented move, bernanke will talk to reporters shortly after the fed releases its statement on monetary policy. he can expect questions about inflation and when the fed is going to pull the plug on its bond-buying program that has pumped billions of dollars into the economy. susie: and as darren gersh reports, bernanke is trying to improve the fed s communication at a crucial time for the economy and the central bank. reporter: its popularity sagging and under fierce attack by critics, the federal reserve has good reason to up its p.r. game. donald kohn says his former colleagues at
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. all eyes will be on ben bernanke tomorrow. that s when the federal reserve chief will give his first-ever press conference. and tom, this will be the start of regular briefings between bernanke and the media. tom: first one, susie, in an unprecedented move, bernanke will talk to reporters shortly after the fed releases its statement on monetary policy. he can expect questions about inflation and when the fed is going to pull the plug on its bond-buying program that has pumped billions of dollars into the economy. susie: and as darren gersh reports, bernanke is trying to improve the fed s communication at a crucial time for the economy and the central bank. reporter: its popularity sagging and under fierce attack by critics, the federal reserve has good reason to up its p.r. game. donald kohn says his former colleagues at
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. captioning sponsored by wpbt susie: good evening everyone. all eyes will be on ben bernanke tomorrow. that s when the federal reserve chief will give his first-ever press conference. and tom, this will be the start of regular briefings between bernanke and the media. tom: first one, susie, in an unprecedented move, bernanke will talk to reporters shortly after the fed releases its statement on monetary policy. he can expect questions about inflation and when the fed is going to pull the plug on its bond-buying program that has pumped billions of dollars into the economy. susie: and as darren gersh reports, bernanke is trying to improve the fed s communication at a crucial time for the economy and the central bank. reporter: its popularity sagging and under fierce attack by critics, the federal reserve has good reason to up its p.r. game. donald kohn says his former colleagues at