Lessons on exploitation in “Killers of the Flower Moon”
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🗓️ 9 November 2023
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
For this month’s “Econ Extra Credit” project, we’re watching Martin Scorsese’s new feature film, “Killers of the Flower Moon.” The film shows how white settlers terrorized members of the Osage Nation, violently attempting to acquire their oil resources. We’re joined by professor and Osage Nation citizen Jean Dennison to define key concepts in the film, including headrights and guardianships. But first: What’s up with Speaker Mike Johnson’s financial disclosure?
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| 0:00.0 | Who's listed as rich and who's not in Congress? |
| 0:05.0 | I'm David Brancaccio in New York. |
| 0:08.0 | On many lists, Republican Michael McCall of Texas is the richest member of the House of Representatives a net worth of |
| 0:14.1 | 125 million dollars by one estimate in large part from his spouse a founder of |
| 0:19.4 | I-Heart radio not the richest man in the house by his own account, the new speaker of the house, |
| 0:25.3 | Mike Johnson of Louisiana. |
| 0:26.9 | On Johnson's official financial disclosure, he lists no bank or retirement account. |
| 0:31.8 | Marketplace's Nancy Marshall Genser has more. |
| 0:34.5 | Under Assets on Speaker Johnson's most recent financial disclosure report for |
| 0:38.6 | 2022, it says none disclosed. |
| 0:41.6 | No retirement plan, no mutual funds, no bank account. |
| 0:45.4 | Actually, the Speaker's office told me he does have a personal bank account, but it's |
| 0:49.7 | exempt from House Reporting Rules because it doesn't earn interest. |
| 0:53.0 | Jordan Libowitz, spokesman for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington or |
| 0:58.3 | crew, says... |
| 0:59.3 | It could be that he's just essentially living hand to mouth. |
| 1:02.6 | It's paycheck to paycheck. |
| 1:04.0 | And so it goes into a checking account, |
| 1:06.1 | it goes right out of it. |
| 1:07.8 | Libu it says congressional ethics rules |
| 1:09.8 | only require disclosure if a member of Congress |
| 1:12.3 | has total deposits in interest-bearing accounts worth |
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