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July 2, 2012
Bankers constantly lying, defrauding; most still not in jail
By Amanda Lang
Barclays, JPMorgan and the rest of the megabanks reach new heights in malfeasance, suffer few consequences. Has there ever been a better time to be a disastrously inept banker? Well, probably -- over the course of human civilization it's almost always been a pretty good time to be a banker -- but today's finance titans seem uniquely immune to punishment of any sort.
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Barclays, JPMorgan and the rest of the megabanks reach new heights in malfeasance, suffer few consequences. Has there ever been a better time to be a disastrously inept banker? Well, probably -- over the course of human civilization it's almost always been a pretty good time to be a banker -- but today's finance titans seem uniquely immune to punishment of any sort.OpedNews volunteer from 2005 to 2013.
Amanda Lang was a wonderful member of the Opednews team, and the first volunteer editor, for a good number of years being a senior editor. She passed away summer 2014.