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The Real AIG Scandal: How the Game Is Rigged at Wall Street's Casino

The Real AIG Scandal: How the Game Is Rigged at Wall Street's Casino

Lucy Komisar, AlterNet. March 26, 2009.

Congress has deftly avoided the real story of AIG's collapse, which will make a few million in bonuses seem like peanuts.

Wall Street Hustlers Built a $100 Trillion House of Cards and Stuck You with the Fallout

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 22, 2008.

Deregulation brought us hugely "leveraged" investments, and they brought us panicked markets and pain.

How Wall Street's Scam Artists Turned Home Mortgages Into Economic WMDs

How Wall Street's Scam Artists Turned Home Mortgages Into Economic WMDs

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. October 18, 2008.

The titans of high finance are trying desperately to shift blame for the crisis onto others, but this dead cat lies squarely on their doorstep.

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