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Repo 105: Creative accounting at Lehman Brothers | 55 comments (55 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)
Re: A run on the banking system by itself (none / 0)
Which is why it is so crucial to have simple and very clear rules without any complexity.

This is the opposite of the US financial regulation system, and in a large part depends on the political system, where banks can fund individual congressmen and senators to add complexity and exemptions.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Fri Mar 19th, 2010 at 07:25:02 AM EST
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Repo 105: Creative accounting at Lehman Brothers | 55 comments (55 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)
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