Past Events
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AFREF Speaker Series: Are We on the Brink of a 2008-Style Financial Crisis?
We appear to be in the midst of a speculative stock market bubble centered on AI. Does that mean we are about to have a 2008-style financial crisis? Join us for a conversation with Damon Silvers about the moment we are in and the steps that regulators should take to guard against the risk of…
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Topics: Climate Finance & InsuranceEJII Webinar: How Insurance Companies are Weathering Climate Change, Pulling In Record Profits, and Squeezing Us Dry
The Equitable & Just Insurance Initiative hosted a virtual deep dive into the climate-driven insurance crisis to discuss: ● What the insurance industry has been up to and how their practices are worsening the housing and affordability crises; and ● How a little-known regulator—your State Insurance Commissioner—can use its powers to investigate insurers, stop their…
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Topics: Private Equity and Private FundsStop Funding Billionaires Webinar
Billionaires like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel and their companies Tesla and Palantir have huge investments from our pension funds. They’re using our money to attack our communities, destroy our jobs and steal our democracy—and they’re driving the kidnapping and deportation of immigrant families today. Our retirement funds and endowments should not be used against…
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Topics: Consumer Financial JusticeAFREF Speaker Series: Price Gouging Captive Customers
From car dealerships to hospitals to stadiums to payments and beyond, companies are charging “captive customers” more in situations where they do not have choices.
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AFREF Speaker Series: A Burst AI Bubble is Only the Beginning
AI poses real risks to workers and civil rights, the economy, the environment and the stability of our financial system. With this Pandora’s box opened, what repercussions can we expect to see in the coming years? Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund spoke with Hilary J. Allen, Professor at the American University Washington College of
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Topics: Climate Finance & InsuranceWebinar: Katrina at 20: Climate Capital, Injustice, and the Path Forward
On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, AFR/AFREF’s Associate Director of Housing Policy Caroline Nagy joined a webinar, “Katrina at 20: Climate Capital, Injustice, and the Path Forward,” hosted by Manley Consulting Group, The Horizon Project, Hip Hop Caucus, and Majority Action. The conversation honored the lives lost and communities forever changed by Katrina while