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kag

(4,079 posts) Fri Mar 13, 2020, 12:55 PM Mar 2020

Corruption. This is an old Ted Talk, but still very relevant.

And still very maddening. Billions of dollars washing around between corrupt people all over the world, and we can't get fucking TESTS for a pandemic.

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Corruption. This is an old Ted Talk, but still very relevant. (Original Post) kag Mar 2020 OP

Culling the herd mikeysnot Mar 2020 #1

It truly is. The worst part is the global army of enablers -- the lawyers, banks and tax havens ancianita Mar 2020 #2

Thanks, ancianita kag Mar 2020 #3

mikeysnot

(4,756 posts)

1. Culling the herd

Reply to kag (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 01:00 PM

Mar 2020

ancianita

(36,023 posts)

2. It truly is. The worst part is the global army of enablers -- the lawyers, banks and tax havens

Reply to kag (Original post)

Fri Mar 13, 2020, 07:43 PM

Mar 2020

that they and their tools in government set up to enable the hoarding and hiding of wealth.

Global corruptors are getting identified, slowly but surely.

A good book that picks up where Gooch leaves off is Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World by Oliver Bullough (2019). It names names. Including enablers in the U.S.

kag

(4,079 posts)

3. Thanks, ancianita

Reply to ancianita (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:11 AM

Mar 2020

I'll check it out.

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