For large financial firms, money is for nothing, and the chicks (and coke) are free.
They are borrowing money for near 0% and engaging in the highest risks they ever have...even outdoing their egregious bets of 2007.
Heads, they win, and get to keep the profits and pay massive bonuses....
....Tails, they lose, and shove the bill up the U.S. taxpayers' asses.
Last taxpayer willing to subsidize this bullshit, please turn the lights off when you leave.
This is an epic interview with Professor Black (yes, the Professor Black. This video should be shown to all econ classes in this country.
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They are borrowing money for near 0% and engaging in the highest risks they ever have...even outdoing their egregious bets of 2007.
Heads, they win, and get to keep the profits and pay massive bonuses....
....Tails, they lose, and shove the bill up the U.S. taxpayers' asses.
Last taxpayer willing to subsidize this bullshit, please turn the lights off when you leave.
This is an epic interview with Professor Black (yes, the Professor Black. This video should be shown to all econ classes in this country.
<div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/33602617#33602617" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com">Breaking News</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">World News</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">News about the Economy</a></p></div>
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