Posted on 28 February 2009. Tags: Allen Stanford, Andrew Cuomo, Bank of America, Bernie Madoff, Delphi, Friday Scandal Update, Kenneth Lewis, Northern Trust, Pensions
The last week has been filled with a whole raft of economic scandals that it’s hard to pick through the wreckage. But, I’ll try. First, a publishing note: last week, I posted the first Friday Scandal Update. I will maybe keep this up–and please suggest your own scandals–both here in the comments and, […]
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Posted on 25 February 2009. Tags: Allen Stanford, Campaign Finance, Democrats, Enron, Republicans
If you look back at virtually every large fraud uncovered in the past two decades (and probably more) you can find a direct link between the theft and political corruption–meaning, campaign contributions. The same is true with the massive investment fraud perpetuated by Allen Stanford. In today’s Wall Street Journal there is this […]
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