by:
Mark Karlin, Truthout | Interview
Mark Karlin: Given your expertise in understanding the
corruption of Wall Street, what did you find in the practices of the
financial world leading up to the 1929 crash that presaged the 2007
crisis?
Nomi Prins: Into the crash of 1929, there were six big
banks. Their leaders controlled most of the market activity, sat on
each others' boards and owned large chunks of stock in each others'
firms. They inflated the values of stocks through "trusts" (financial
mechanisms by which many investors could "pool" together their money,
and borrowed money, to purchase or sell various stocks in bulk).
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