11-03-13 A system where the bankers can can cheat and defraud without consequences...// Un sistema en el que los banqueros se puede engañar y estafar sin consecuencias ... // 一个系统，其中银行可以可以欺骗和诈骗没有后果...

March 13, 2011

Another Inside Job

By PAUL KRUGMAN

Count me among those who were glad to see the documentary “Inside Job” win an Oscar. The film reminded us that the financial crisis of 2008, whose aftereffects are still blighting the lives of millions of Americans, didn’t just happen — it was made possible by bad behavior on the part of bankers, regulators and, yes, economists.

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In the days and weeks ahead, we’ll see pro-banker politicians denounce the proposed settlement, asserting that it’s all about defending the rule of law. But what they’re actually defending is the exact opposite — a system in which only the little people have to obey the law, while the rich, and bankers especially, can cheat and defraud without consequences.

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