‘Total Moral Surrender’: Wall Street, Inequality and Our Broken Justice System

&nbsp; <h1 class=”node-title” style=”color: #000000;”>’Total Moral Surrender’: Matt Taibbi Unloads on Wall Street, Inequality and Our Broken Justice System</h1> &nbsp; <img src=”http://otherwords.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/thanksgiving-on-wall-street-1024×799.jpg” alt=”” /> &nbsp; &nbsp; <p style=”color: #000000;”>His relentless coverage of Wall Street malfeasance…

A New Financial System INDEPENDENT From Wall Street, City of London Begins To TAKE SHAPE Concretely In RUSSIA?

Putin Flushes the US Dollar: Russia’s Gold Ruble Payments System Delinked from Dollar? A New Financial System independent from Wall Street and City of London begins to take shape concretely in Russia? Russia “forced” by the sanctions to create a currency system which is independent from the US dollar. Russia announces that it will sell (and buy) products and commodities – including oil – in rubles rather than in dollars. The move is towards the development of bilateral. Putin has been preparing this move — the creation of a payment system in rubles completely independent and protected from the Dollar and the “killer speculations” (e.g. short-selling) of the big Western financial institutions — for a long time.

The Mobsters of Wall Street

Assume that you ran a business that was found guilty of bribery, forgery, perjury, defrauding homeowners, fleecing investors, swindling consumers, cheating credit card holders, violating U.S. trade laws and bilking American soldiers. Can you even…