Banksters

Efter finanskollapsen har som bekant inga high profile banksters åkt in, medan aktieägarna tagit smällen. Några av småfolket, såsom Fabulous Fab, har beskyllts, men det är allt. Worst case för inkompetenta banksters är att tvingas sitta hemma, räkna sina miljoner och tycka synd om sig själva. Eventuellt kan de få fram en patetisk intervju i tidningen, om att de är missförstådda. För en bra inblick i hur det hela gick till kring finanskollapsen, se Inside Job.

“It is a question asked repeatedly across America: why, in the aftermath of a financial mess that generated hundreds of billions in losses, have no high-profile participants in the disaster been prosecuted?”

“But several years after the financial crisis, which was caused in large part by reckless lending and excessive risk taking by major financial institutions, no senior executives have been charged or imprisoned, and a collective government effort has not emerged. This stands in stark contrast to the failure of many savings and loan institutions in the late 1980s. In the wake of that debacle, special government task forces referred 1,100 cases to prosecutors, resulting in more than 800 bank officials going to jail. Among the best-known: Charles H. Keating Jr., of Lincoln Savings and Loan in Arizona, and David Paul, of Centrust Bank in Florida.” (NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/business/14prosecute.html?_r=1&hp