C. James Block

Date of Birth: April 28, 1992
Hometown: Frankenmuth, Michigan
Current location: Frankenmuth, Michigan
Institution: Hillsdale College (2014)
E-mail address: jblock@imagineermagazine.com

Articles

• Broken Record: How the Recent Collapse Mirrors the Past
  Spring 2010
  "On December 23, 1975, William Jennings received clearance from the FDIC to acquire the Penn Square Bank, located in a shopping mall in Oklahoma City. Jennings was a banker who had barely escaped indictment for his involvement in the Four Seasons Nursing Home Centers scam, in which investors were defrauded of more than $400 million. Jennings, with ambitions of turning Penn Square into the largest bank in Oklahoma City, began making questionable loans to friends and business associates. . ." (read more)
• Money, Power, and the Institutions that Wield It
   Winter 2010
  "Recently, the United States economy has been rocked by the largest financial crisis since the Great Depression. A vast majority of Americans lay the blame for this collapse at the feet of greedy Wall Street bankers. These titans of thievery hold their share of the guilt, but they are merely greedy pawns in what has become a much larger, institutionalized con game. The orgy of thievery visible on Wall Street is only a symptom, not a cause, of the nation's economic woes. . ." (read more)