Former Goldman Sachs executive as next president of the European Central Bank
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/23/eu-parliament-draghi-idUSLDE75M0UP... * * *BRUSSELS, June 23 | Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:33am EDT* *(Reuters) - * *The European Parliament formally endorsed Italy's Mario Draghi to be the next president of the European Central Bank on Thursday.* *////* *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Draghi* *Draghi was then vice chairman and managing director of Goldman Sachs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs> International and a member of the firm-wide management committee (2002–2005). A controversy existed on his duties while employed at Goldman Sachs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs> . Pascal Canfin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Canfin> (MEP<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament>) asserted Draghi was involved in swaps for European governments, namely Greece <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_sovereign_debt_crisis#Causes>, trying to disguise their countries' economic status.* * * *///* * * *also see, regarding the US :* * * *http://www.bollier.org/fed-goldman-sachs-take-care-each-other* * http://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-Fed-buy-treasury-bonds-through-Goldman-Sac... *
Making it more difficult for countries to default, while abolishing indexation, reducing unemployment benefits, etc ... Decided top down, from a european level : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euro_Plus_Pact * * *"The plan has been criticised for impinging on the sovereignty of countries due to its authority to set policy in areas that were previously under the national."*
brilliant way to further delegitimize the EU institutions and showing how regulatory capture has become absolute . ... ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 9:07 AM Subject: [P2P-F] Former Goldman Sachs executive as next president of the European Central Bank To: [email protected], p2p-foundation < [email protected]> http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/23/eu-parliament-draghi-idUSLDE75M0UP... * * *BRUSSELS, June 23 | Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:33am EDT* *(Reuters) - * *The European Parliament formally endorsed Italy's Mario Draghi to be the next president of the European Central Bank on Thursday.* *////* *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Draghi* *Draghi was then vice chairman and managing director of Goldman Sachs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs> International and a member of the firm-wide management committee (2002–2005). A controversy existed on his duties while employed at Goldman Sachs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldman_Sachs> . Pascal Canfin <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_Canfin> (MEP<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Parliament>) asserted Draghi was involved in swaps for European governments, namely Greece <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_sovereign_debt_crisis#Causes>, trying to disguise their countries' economic status.* * * *///* * * *also see, regarding the US :* * * *http://www.bollier.org/fed-goldman-sachs-take-care-each-other* * http://www.quora.com/Why-does-the-Fed-buy-treasury-bonds-through-Goldman-Sac... * _______________________________________________ P2P Foundation - Mailing list http://www.p2pfoundation.net https://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens
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