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kick sand in their faces

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Dave

Synthetic credit. Trading a black box. Small is beautiful? Hardly when it comes to banking. In light of JP Morgan’s announced “surprise $2Billion profit bust; soaked and also synthetic red ink, people are naturally worried about contagion and another bank … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ben Aronson, Bruno Iskill, David Teniers, david teniers the younger, David Tenniers, Donald Trump, Eric Fischl, George Grosz, jamie dimon, joseph heath rebel sell, Joseph Schumpeter, JP Morgan bank, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mark Carney Bank of Canada, Mike Mayo CLSA, Mitt Romney 2012, volcker rule, Walter Benjamin, will hay ask a policeman | Leave a comment

business is business: 20% solution

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Dave

Balzac: Behind every great fortune is a great crime….Cornel West? No. Noam Chomsky? no. Slavoj Zizek? no. The single academic who has done the most to influence the nascent movement of Occupy Wall Street is someone almost completely under the … Continue reading →