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AGENT - BALANCE-SHEET - COSMETICS - DERIVATIVES - EROSION - FRAUD
DO YOU REMEMBER? (I - X)

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AGENT - BALANCE-SHEET - COSMETICS - DERIVATIVES - EROSION - FRAUD
DO YOU REMEMBER? (I - X)
-RATING AGENCIES: BADLY OVERRATED - REGULATORS AND INVESTORS RELY TOO HEAVILY ON CREDIT RATINGS
-GERMANY´S BENCHMARK STATUS UNDER THREAT
-SEC PLEDGES OVERHAUL OF RATING AGENCIES
-CLOUDS OVER GERMANY´S FINANCIAL CENTER
-RATING AGENCIES - EXCLUSION ZONE
-PARIS TO TARGET CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AT G7
-PRESSURE ON CDO RATINGS
-GERMANY FORCES BLOCK ON CREDIT RATINGS
-CREDIT RATINGS INDUSTRY COMES UNDER ATTACK
-A SPECIAL REPORT ON FINANCIAL RISK: NUMBER-CRUNCHERS CRUNCHED - THE USES AND ABUSES OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS
-MORE WRONGDOING AT BANKS, MORE SWINGEING FINES, NO PROSECUTIONS
-THE CREDIT RATING CONTROVERSY
GLOBAL PUBLIC DEBT
AMERICA´S FOREIGN CREDITORS
"THESE CUPS ARE MADE OF CHINA"
"WHAT´S WORTH MORE THAN MONEY? PROBABLY GOLD? - PROBABLY LAND ..."
CREDITORS VS DEBTOR COUNTRIES
SYSTEMIC RISK
SYSTEMIC RIGGING
"THE GREAT EUROPEAN RIP-OFF"
MUTUAL DEBT
THE EMPEROR´S NEW CLOTHES (I - VI)
EUROPEAN "CREDITOR"/"DEBTOR" UNION
"DEBT ... AROUND THE CLOCK"
TOP TEN DEBTORS
"ABRACADABRA" - FINANCE COSMETICS "MAYBE-U-BELIEVE" (I - VI)
"WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY PRIVILEGED FRIENDS"
UNEASY SOURCES AND REMINDERS

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Moore, Bob
LET ME SHARE MY BIOGRAPHY WITH YOU IN TERMS OF A ´DIALOGUE IN THE DARK´: "IT´S DARK IN HERE. YES, IT TRULY IS. DO YOU LIKE IT? NOT ALWAYS. HOW ABOUT IT NOW? I´M COMFORTABLE. WHY? WELL, I´M IN COMPANY. WOULD YOU MIND CLARIFYING THAT? HMH, ALL ALONE I´M AFRAID OF DARKNESS. HOW COME WE´RE SITTING IN THE DARK? SEEMINGLY, THERE´S NO NEED TO FEAR IT. HOW COME WE HAVEN´T LEFT ALREADY? I´M AFRAID, I CAN´T TELL. ME NEITHER. BY THE WAY, OUTSIDE IT SEEMS TO BE AS DARK AS INSIDE. WHY DON´T WE FIND OUT? SURE, COULD YOU SHOW ME THE WAY? OF COURSE - BUT IT´S DARK. YES, I CAN´T SEE THE DOOR, BUT I KNOW WHERE IT IS. SURE, I KNOW WHERE I CAME FROM TOO. ME TOO, OK, LET´S GO. (OUTSIDE) IT WAS NICE TALKING TO YOU. MY PLEASURE, SEE YOU IN THE DAYLIGHT. SEE YOU IN THE DAYLIGHT."

CONSTITUTION, SOUL
BIRTH; SCHOOL; STUDIES; WORK; LIFE; HOPE ... "THERE ARE THESE TWO YOUNG FISH SWIMMING ALONG, AND THEY HAPPEN TO MEET AN OLDER FISH SWIMMING THE OTHER WAY, WHO NODS AT THEM AND SAYS, ´MORNING, BOYS, HOW´S THE WATER?´ AND THE TWO YOUNG FISH SWIM ON FOR A BIT, AND THEN EVENTUALLY ONE OF THEM LOOKS OVER AT THE OTHER AND GOES, ´WHAT THE HELL IS WATER?´ (DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, THIS IS WATER)

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