Category Banksters

Implausible winning streak

Doug Henwood So the trading desks of four big investment banks—Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase—made money every working day last quarter, a 63-day streak. Goldman never made less than $25 million a day, and over $100…

The decline of the West

The real battle now is nation-states vs. the global economic system, says John Robb. The economic system will win. Nation states will hollow out and become mere shells of themselves. The clear and unambiguous message to every citizen of the…