Financial media in bed with financial sponsors

I know, I know…another Lewis clip??!! But the discussion here on the conflicts in the financial media networks as the bought-through-sponsorship hand maidens of financial sales firms and their purchased regulators, has not been covered in other segments and is well worthwhile. Here is a direct video clip from the Comedy Network which can be accessed in Canada. Here it is for US consumption on The DailyShow.com.

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Lewis on Charlie Rose: “how do we get problems addressed here?”

A broad ranging discussion of the many things wrong with the global financial system and still wide-spread tolerance for “too big to fail”: Here is a direct video link.


To be clear: this is not a question of some players winning a fair fight by being faster, this is a race where some players are allowed to secretly buy a head start and short cuts from the race officials in order to dupe and profit at the expense the other participants who are not privy to the details of how they are being sold up the river.

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Restoring lawfulness and trust in a wild west financial system

Central banks continue to be the patriarch of today’s ‘rigged’ financial system.
Here is a direct video link.

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