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Banking

Aug. 18, 2015

The myth of the virgin financial crisis

Are we to believe that the Great Recession was conceived without sin in the C suite? By William K. Black


By William K. Black


How come no banker has been prosecuted for leading the frauds that drove the 2008
financial crisis that cost the U.S. $24.3 trillion in loss GDP, over 9 million jobs
lost, and over 5 million jobs not created? We have known for 30 years how to prosecute
the leaders of epidemics - yet we adopt policies that aid and comfort these elite
criminals.


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