Episode 14: Fair Harvard

Conspiracy You Can Believe In

Harvard is the oldest university in the United States--with the largest endowment fund in the world. With an investment portfolio of over $40 billion, Harvard is no stranger to financial scandals in its recent past.

SOURCES:

Right on the Money: The George Bush Profile by Charles Lewis

https://publicintegrity.org/politics/right-on-the-money-the-george-w-bush-profile/

Bush, Harken, and the Public's Right to Know by the Center for Public Integrity

https://publicintegrity.org/environment/bush-harken-and-the-publics-right-to-know/

A Brief History of Bush, Harken, and the SEC by John Dunbar

https://publicintegrity.org/environment/a-brief-history-of-bush-harken-and-the-sec/

Harken's Ivy League Underwriter by John Dunbar

https://publicintegrity.org/environment/harkens-ivy-league-underwriter/

Bush Cautioned on Harken Sale by Peter Behr

https://old.post-gazette.com/nation/20021103bushharken1103p5.asp

Bush Baggage in His Business Past? by Chris Bury

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=87043&page=1

Securities and Exchange Commission Documents by Center for Public Integrity

https://web.archive.org/web/20071022061753/http://www.publicintegrity.org/report.aspx?aid=206

How Harvard Lost Russia by David McClintick

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b150npp3q49x7w/how-harvard-lost-russia

The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms by Peter Reddaway and Dmitri Glinski

https://www.usip.org/publications/2001/02/tragedy-russias-reforms

The Harvard Boys Do Russia by Janine R. Wedel

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/harvard-boys-do-russia/

IKEA's Forest Recall by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

https://www.occrp.org/en/investigations/4990-ikea-s-forest-recall

‘Timber Mafia’ threatens the future of Romania’s ancient forests by Glenn Ellis

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2020/11/26/romania-disappearing-forests

Investigation: Thousands of trees illegally felled to build IKEA’s flat pack empire by Alex Thomson

https://www.channel4.com/news/investigation-thousands-of-trees-illegally-felled-to-build-ikeas-flat-pack-empire