Category Archives: Capitalism

More about the Wirecard scandal…

Posted on March 18, 2023 by Naomi

I should have pointed out that Dan McCrum, the British Financial Times journalist who uncovered the scandal, has a book out about it: Money Men: A Hot Startup, A Billion Dollar Fraud, A Fight for the Truth. If the New … Continue reading →

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A New Yorker fraud story that made me yell, “WOW!”

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Naomi

Not Silicon Valley Bank, oh no. Indeed, banking fuck-ups in the USA can’t be compared in (alleged) nefariousness to a German company called Wirecard. Because…what do we call a deliberate fuck-up, children? Massive fraud. In the March 6, 2023 New … Continue reading →

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Food news

Posted on March 7, 2023 by Naomi

From Harper’s Weekly Review: The price of a dozen eggs exceeded the cost of a pound of ground beef in the United States, and a man in Britain stole nearly 200,000 Cadbury Crème Eggs. A Mars Wrigley factory in Pennsylvania … Continue reading →

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