Oliver Stone
Mexican youth are telling the government to keep its hands off their cell phone signals
Mexico looks to have NSA-like plans in mind with its new telecommunications reform proposal. And that’s not sitting well with some of the country’s youth. Plus, the pro-Russia eastern regions of Ukraine have turned out to be a dangerous place for independent reporters. And a film controversy in China, in today’s Global Scan.
Writing the Next Wall Street
Screenwriters are busy trying to figure out how to tell the story of our current economic collapse as entertainment. The cinematic gold standard for financial movies is still Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street,” from 1987. Matthew Cavnar spoke to some writers struggling to craft a “Wall Street” for our times.