Archive for: banks

Manufactured insolvency

Manufactured insolvency

Tweet Former NAB bank manager Rob Hutchinson considers whether some bank defaults are manufactured by banks holding a safe level of security. By forensic analyst Rob Hutchinson In the past five years, I have had my eyes opened to the world...

 

Banks and the moral dimension

Banks and the moral dimension

Tweet  Lynton Freeman says that it “…is possible for banks to operate efficiently and ethically within the statutes for the benefit of society, without the need for institutional investors demanding the ‘right’ return...

 

Bank lobbyists secret plan to discredit Occupy Wall Street

Bank lobbyists secret plan to discredit Occupy Wall Street

TweetWashington lobbyists crafted an $850,000 plan for the banking industry to discredit the Occupy Wall Street Movement, reports Zaid Jilani from Think Progress. This weekend, the MSNBC show Up! With Chris Hayes broke a stunning story about...

 

Occupy Movement has the 1 per cent scared

Occupy Movement has the 1 per cent scared

TweetOctober 3, 2011, Day 17 of Occupy Wall Street saw zombie bankers chasing money. (Photo: David Shankbone) Wealthy vested interests have tried to ignore and ridicule the Occupy Movement, but it hasn’t worked — now they’re scared,...

 

Turning Europe into a CDO

Turning Europe into a CDO

TweetThe transfer of European bank debt to public debt has turned the European Union into a continent wide CDO says Professor Mark Blyth. The European sovereign debt crisis is little more than a huge ‘bait and switch’ perpetrated on the...

 

As bold as BRASS

As bold as BRASS

Tweet The business of condensed books has given Frank O’Shea a brilliant money-making idea — that will hopefully not lead to too many questions in parliament… Some years ago, I used to receive unsolicited mail in courier typeface...

 
 
 
 

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