Our Watchdogs and the Financial Scandal of the Century

New Deep Capture article by Mark Mitchell:

Our Watchdogs and the Financial Scandal of the Century, April 3, 2009.

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News: Bloomberg & SEC OIG

Naked Short Sales Hint Fraud in Bringing Down Lehman, By Gary Matsumoto. Bloomberg, March 19, 2009.

Practices Related to Naked Short Selling Complaints and Referrals. SEC Office of Inspector General-Office of Audits, March 18, 2009. (PDF)

Depressions and Special Interests

Via John Robb –  Phillip Greenspun’s review of Mancur Olson’s The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities, or as Greenspun calls it “How Rich Countries Die”.

http://globalguerrillas.typepad.com/johnrobb/2009/03/depressions-special-interest-choke-holds.html

http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/philg/2009/03/16/how-rich-countries-die/

Hedge Funds and the Global Economic Meltdown

Blacklist – Deck of 55 Most Wanted part II

Blacklist Deck of 55 Most Want

Video: Destroying Companies For Profit

http://current.com/items/89439340/destroying_companies_for_profit.htm

Video: Bloomberg – Phantom Shares

Video: Credit Default Swaps

A Look At Wall Street’s Shadow Market: 60 Minutes: How Some Arcane Wall Street Financial Instruments Magnified Economic Crisis. CBS News, Oct. 5, 2008.