Mar 22 2009
Banking Transparency Gone: The Federal Reserve has been Slowly Moving to more Archaic Forms of Creating Credit. New Plan Will Subsidize Casino Loans for Investors with Taxpayer Money.
While the public is exercising a Freudian fixation on the A.I.G. scandal, misguidedly thinking that A.I.G. is an American company in the sense of G.M. or Ford (it is not although many Americans see a Rorschach American company), the Federal Reserve just decided to increase its balance sheet by $1.2 trillion. This unprecedented action [...]
Feb 24 2009
American International Group: AIG Founded in Shanghai China in 1919. Who are we Bailing out Here?
American International Group, AIG was founded in 1919 by Cornelius Starr who established the agency in Shanghai, China. The business took off and was very successful in Asia. Later, Starr expanded the company to Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East. It is fascinating how many in the media are portraying AIG as some [...]
