Our US columnist Mark Engler is riled by the shamelessness of the financial élite.
International progress in recovering from the economic downturn of recent years has been sluggish. But there is growth in at least one sector: the shamelessness of the global financial élite.
Facing criticism from an Occupy movement that has rallied under the slogan ‘We Are the 99%’, the remaining one per cent has responded. And, at least here in the US, it hasn’t been pretty.
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