Is the Global Taxman Coming? by Don Quijones • Apr 1, 2017 • 21 Comments But who are they really going after?
Shock, Horror: ECB Not as “Independent” as it Claims – Report by Don Quijones • Mar 29, 2017 • 24 Comments Transparency International whacks at a central bank.
Why No One’s Going to Drain this Swamp by Wolf Richter • Mar 8, 2017 • 78 Comments The Financial Sector threw $2 Billion at Congress during the Election. Biggest Spenders? Not the Banks.
It Gets Ugly in Brazil by Wolf Richter • Feb 24, 2017 • 34 Comments The price of corruption: Unemployment spikes to record.
How Much Money Laundering is Going On in the Housing Market? A Lot by Wolf Richter • Feb 24, 2017 • 53 Comments Answers are trickling in. Tough luck for New York, San Francisco, Miami…
World’s Worst Tax Haven Threatens to Expand its Operations by Don Quijones • Jan 18, 2017 • 25 Comments “What they sell is escape: from the laws, rules, and taxes of jurisdictions elsewhere, with secrecy as their prime offering.”
Hideous Constellation of Threats and Challenges Facing Mexico by Don Quijones • Jan 8, 2017 • 86 Comments The Risk of Contagion of a full-blown Mexican crisis is far greater today than it was during the Tequila Crisis 22 years ago.
Italy Banking Crisis is Also a Huge Crime Scene by Don Quijones • Dec 18, 2016 • 21 Comments Toxic loans on the banks’ books as a result of corruption, political kickbacks, fraud, and abuse.
India Launches War on Corruption, Hits Cash, Chaos Ensues by Don Quijones • Nov 15, 2016 • 63 Comments “Economic Shock & Awe” turns into “Nightmare Without End.”
How PE Firms Are Flipping Drugs in Price-Gouging Scheme that Cannibalizes the Entire US Economy by Wolf Richter • Nov 3, 2016 • 109 Comments They don’t care. And they’re not required to care.