I had taken notice of how GS and MS 'special' privileges in trading committees quite a while back. The government isnt giving them a 'free' ride to profit heaven, its been using these companies as a means of attack against 'america's enemies'.
Arab spring was in large part caused by sharp rises in food prices, prices that were inflated by trading. I had wondered at the time why the government was allowing banks to trade in once regulated areas. it seemed like the wild west was let loose, until Arab spring occurred and a lot of people the US didnt like ended up out of power.
We (the US) has benefited quite beautify from the financial crisis's in so many ways. US tentacles reach deep into foreign banks now (even Swiss banks are like open source to the US government). is anyone surprised that the price of oil has fallen off a cliff right when the US needs pressure on Russia (a heavy oil rich exporter).
you can surely claim coincidence on a few incidents, but if you look back on how price fluctuations has been working hugely well for us foreign diplomacy.
Arab spring was in large part caused by sharp rises in food prices, prices that were inflated by trading. I had wondered at the time why the government was allowing banks to trade in once regulated areas. it seemed like the wild west was let loose, until Arab spring occurred and a lot of people the US didnt like ended up out of power.
We (the US) has benefited quite beautify from the financial crisis's in so many ways. US tentacles reach deep into foreign banks now (even Swiss banks are like open source to the US government). is anyone surprised that the price of oil has fallen off a cliff right when the US needs pressure on Russia (a heavy oil rich exporter).
you can surely claim coincidence on a few incidents, but if you look back on how price fluctuations has been working hugely well for us foreign diplomacy.
The US has weaponized its corperations.