I don’t know that I put much stock in it, but Matt Taibbi seems to think that we may actually see real prosecutions on Wall Street. Here’s a clip from his new piece for Rolling Stone on the newly launched investigation of Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Goldman Sachs by New York State Attorney […]
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Might NY’s Schneiderman probe lead to prosecutions on Wall Street?
Posted in Economics, Other Also tagged Bank of America, Corporate Crime, Eric Schneiderman, financial bubbles, financial industry, financial reform, Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, Morgan Stanley, Tom Miller, Wall Street 2 Comments
A modest proposal…
I know we can’t arrest everyone who had a hand in the pervasive Wall Street culture of greed that nearly sent our country spiraling into another Great Depression, but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t let everyone off the hook so that they can do it again. I suggest we follow the advice of Eliot […]
Posted in Economics, Politics Also tagged credit default swaps, Goldman Sachs, Great Depression, Lloyd Blankfein, Wall Street, Wall Street bailouts 15 Comments
Prostitution politics in Russia
It’s hard to know what will appeal to me from night to night. Sometimes I feel like writing about local politics, and sometimes I see a relatively small item that sends me spinning off on a tangent. Tonight, it’s an article about a Russian woman named Ekaterina Gerasimova that has me clicking around the web. […]
Posted in Media, Politics Also tagged Ashley Alexandra Dupré, Ashley Dupré, Ashley Rae Maika DiPietro, celebrity prostitutes, Ekaterina Gerasimova, hidden camera, honeytrap, Katya, Kremlin, political hardball, prostitution, Putin, reality television, Rupert Murdoch, Russia, the political use of prostitutes, Viktor Shenderovich 6 Comments