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Tag Archives: Bernard Madoff
get rich quick : bubbles in biloxi
He was brilliant. But he was something of a scoundrel. Some of the ideas were there that bore resemblance to John Maynard Keynes. Some of the ideas were there that resembled the classic stock swindle and Ponzi scheme, mortgage backed … Continue reading
Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Bernard Madoff, Jean Antoine Watteau, John Law, John Law Mississippi Bubble, John Maynard Keynes, Lady Catherine Senor, Lord Banbury, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Montesquieu, Niall Ferguson, Philippe d'Orleans, Voltaire, William Hogarth
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triple A cowboys under review
…and who say institutional traders, stock traders locked into the world of the desk have no sense of humor. Its an arcane little world that leftist populism wants to take one by one and lynch from the nearest sturdy branch. … Continue reading
flowers in the dirt poor
Economic bubbles are nothing new. It seems that any unchecked enthusiasm in life in whatever sphere eventually gets pulled down by gravity. The bubble, almost universally seems to be maintained by ignoring our own private information and being guided by … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Bernard Madoff, Dutch Tulip Bubble, Frans Hals, hendrik gerritsz, hendrik gerritsz pot, jan bruegel, jan brueghel the elder, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, madame pickwick art supplies, Matt Taibbi, michael lewis vanity fair, sub-prime mortgage crisis
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hunters and gatherers: the cannibal capitalists
There is a certain taboo against cannibalism when times are good, and the manna on the tree is within an arm’s reach of desire. Society obviously wouldn’t survive if everyone supped on each other.Leftovers. recycle. compost. Yet, in another sense, … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Potter, Bernard Madoff, cannibal capitalism, cannibalism, Datong, grace jones, ICT Hardware, janan siam, joseph heath rebel sell, Leonhard Kern, mike moffatt, tyler cowen
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watering the weeds
The Stavisky scandal. One mans contradictory relationship with truth and death. Yes, the big crooks live on; greedy and cold they get to get swindled another day. Stavisky stood off attacks from the press with bribes, which he called “watering … Continue reading
$$$ from pigale to palace: origins of the hustle
There is always a fascination with the role of the past and how quickly it fades into oblivion. The actors and contexts may change, but there is always an unseen hand, proffering the levers that mechanically set in motion the … Continue reading
Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged agnes varda, Alain Resnais, anny duperey, Bernard Madoff, clemenceau, Francois Truffaut, jacques demy, Jean Paul Belmondo, Jean-Luc Godard, jorge semprun, Léon Blum, Leon Trotsky, Lloyd Blankfein Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, serge alexander stavisky
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PINOCCHIO,PROFITS & PEE WEE: ''another NICE mess''
At the G20 Summit in Toronto last week, the major accomplishment was the agreement on the ”Toronto Consensus”, which proclaimed in light of the Tsunami of fiscal stimulus hosed into a river of existing, and backlogged promises to spend, these … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Smith, Alexander Berkman, Allen Stanford, Anarchism, Anarchists, Angela Merkel, Bakunin, Ben Bernanke, Bernard Madoff, Black Bloc, Chen Wenling, David Letterman, Director James Horne, Fabians, Fabrice Tourre, Gandhi, Gandhi Groupies, Hal Roach Studios, Henry Clay, Henry Clay Economist, Henry Fonda, John Ibbitson, John Maynard Keynes, John Stuart Mill, Lady Gaga, Lloyd Blankfein, Lloyd Blankfein Goldman Sachs, Mark Rothko, Matt Taibbi, Mikhail Bakunin, Neil Reynolds, New York magazine Steve Fishman, Oliver Hardy, Pee Wee Herman, Peter Hodson, Pinocchio, PVM Oil Futures Limited, Reginald Rose, Roberto Benigni, Rolling Stone Magazine, Scott kauffman ThinkGeek, Sidney Lumet, Sprott Asset Management, Stan Laurel, Stephen Perkins, Steve Fishman, The Daily Bail, ThinkGeek, Tom Cruise, Toronto Consensus G20, Zoe Brennan
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