Category Archives: Banking

The staggering level of corruption & kleptocracy in the world

Posted on January 9, 2023 by

Preface.  This is a book review of Frank Vogl’s 2021 book “The Enablers: How the West Supports Kleptocrats and Corruption – Endangering Our Democracy” (well, mostly kindle notes).  They couldn’t get away with it if there weren’t so many places … Continue reading →

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Wells Fargo created bogus bank accounts and credit cards without customer knowledge, billed them millions

Posted on March 26, 2018 by

[ I know this is “old news” from 2016, but the drawback of newspapers is that stories aren’t repeated.  What an insane level of corruption we’ve reached! Just look at the financial book list I haven’t yet posted at the … Continue reading →

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When will the corrupt financial system cause another financial collapse?

Posted on October 29, 2016 by

[ Conventional oil production peaked in 2005-6, so if a financial crash occurs, the net energy cliff will be much steeper on the other side, since new projects won’t get financed, and unconventional oil is very expensive to produce and … Continue reading →

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What if cash were made illegal so your money could be used to bail out too-big-to-fail banks after the next crash?

Posted on November 25, 2015 by

  Ellen Brown. November 23, 2015. Hang Onto Your Wallets: Negative Interest, the War on Cash and the $10 Trillion Bail-In.  The Web of Debt Blog (Excerpts) By quietly eliminating the possibility of cash withdrawals, banks can make sure the … Continue reading →

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The Banking system is a House of Cards

Posted on May 2, 2015 by

Lynn Parramore. April 21, 2015. Our Banking System is a Giant House of Cards. Money & Banking. It Could Fall On You. Anat Admati teaches finance and economics at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is co-author of The … Continue reading →

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Why Banks and Wall St will go broke if interest rates ever go up

Posted on May 13, 2014 by

Dumb Money Day 1 by Charles Marohn, Strong Towns   Jun 10, 2013 This week I want to write about one very technical finance subject and the implications for the housing market and, by extension, for cities and the great reset … Continue reading →

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Banks still gambling on illegal Collateralized Loan Obligations (CLO)

Posted on April 20, 2014 by

Banks Cling to Bundles Holding Risk APRIL 19, 2014 GRETCHEN MORGENSON New York Times Some $431 billion worth of C.L.O.s currently exist. The Volcker Rule doesn’t go into effect until 2015, but that hasn’t stopped big bankers and their supporters … Continue reading →

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We’ve been “Bankalized” Banks rule and always will

Posted on April 14, 2014 by

Ilargi Nov 8, 2010 I read an article Ashvin Pandurangi, our by now greatly valued roving reporter, sent me, entitled “Plutocracy Now”. Ashvin writes about that first notion I was pondering: the nationalization of US banks, though for him it’s … Continue reading →

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Let banks fail, says Nobel economist Joseph Stiglitz

Posted on April 14, 2014 by

Haidar, Suhasini. Jan 29, 2017. Trump makes sense to a grocery store owner. thehindu.com Economist-mathematician Nassim Nicholas Taleb is seen as something of an oracle, given that he saw the 2008 economic crash coming, predicted the Brexit vote, and the … Continue reading →

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Your Bank is NOT Safe

Posted on April 14, 2014 by

PublicBankingTV : Your Money Is Not Safe in the Big Banks August 25, 2013 by Ellen Brown This 13 minute video explains the situation well, a couple of points made: In 2014 the FDIC can only cover .25% of deposits and … Continue reading →

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