money talks

For ex-presidents, four-star generals, and even journalists, the $2 billion speaking industry offers a chance to grind an axe and make a buck. But when public servants go private, are they still accountable?

ebruary 26, 2007, was a beautiful late-summer day along the Gold Coast, a booming tourist mecca just south of Brisbane on Australia's eastern shore. But for the corporate executives attending the VeryGC Global Business Insights conference, the real attraction was in the cavernous main banquet hall of the Gold Coast Convention Centre: Alan Greenspan.
Or rather, Greenspan's disembodied, two-dimensional head. Appearing by video simultaneously for ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
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by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

Interesting read with a lot of information on individual speakers riders and fees. Doesn't really cite critics of this high-priced speaker circuit, nor is there a consideration of the effects on current Washington types (and their policies) when they see their predecessors making bank on speaking circuits.

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