Category Archives: Capitalism

Is America exceptional? Well…

Posted on March 21, 2023 by Naomi

Half of you are yelling at me, “We’re not exceptional! Dying country, nothing good about us, oligarchs! democracy down the toilet, racism, Ron DeSantis, bank failures, MAGA, blah blah blah!!!” (I wrote “blah blah blah” not because I was running … Continue reading →

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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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