Danny Schechter's latest book "The Crime of Our Time: Was the Economic Collapse 'Indeed, Criminal?'"
The Crimes of Wall Street includes:
Fraud and control frauds;
Insider trading;
Theft and conspiracy;
Misrepresentation;
Ponzi schemes;
False accounting;
Embezzling;
Diverting funds into obscenely high salaries and obscene bonuses;
Bilking investors, customers and homeowners;
Conflicts of interest;
Mesmerizing regulators;
Manipulating markets;
Tax frauds;
Making loans and then arranging that they fail;
Engineering phony financial products;
Misleading the public;
Buying a controlling stake in Washington;
Assuring their own officials run the Treasury, Fed, and all functions related to the economy and finance, including the regulatory bodies; and
Writing laws and regulations that govern their industry and activities.
Book review.
The people vs Wall Street.
Geithner aides made millions on Wall Street.
C&L's Late Nite Music Club: Asaf Avidan 'Reckoning Song'
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“One day, baby, we’ll be old. And think of all the stories that we could
have told.”
I first heard those lyrics attached to a Lord of the Rings TV promo....
14 hours ago
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