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Discussion and Q&A on Financial Meltdown at Bergen Community

The New Jersey Public Policy Network will be holding a discussion with experts on the finance industry to pore through what exactly happened with the financial meltown. Wall St. vs. Main Street. Too big to fail? Risky practices abound. Can future crises be prevented?

Solve the mystery on March 10 at Bergen Community College in the Pitkin Building (C-21-A) from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. those attending should use Parking lot A. The event is free.

Speakers include:

*Bruce Mizrach, PhD, Assoc. Professor of Economics, Rutgers University Editor, Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics and Econometrics

*Michael Smallberg, Investigator, Project on Government Oversight-POGO Commentator: New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, CNN

*Cid Wilson, Senior Research Analyst, Cabrera Capital Markets, LLC #1 ranked analyst by Forbes 2006 and Vice Chairman, BCC Board of Trustees

*Q and A Moderator: Andrew Tangel, Business Reporter, The Record

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