Well, don't want to start a debate on what "critical" means (I just hope
that my prayers that Berlusconi' era will end soon do not put me in the
same box with Confindustria..).
I just provided a piece of information that I though relevant to the debate.
Since the theme after this guy's performance was "a trader's
confession!!! horrifying insights from an insider of the world of
finance!!!", I think that contextualizing helps a bit anyway.
I do not question what this guy said - and this is not the first dark
forecast for the eurozone at all, if you read the news in the last year.
My point is: if the BBC put I monkey on air (don't get it wrong, I
really do like monkeys) saying it is the head of the IMF, I think we
have an information problem whatever the monkey is going to say.
(by the way: is the information we need something like "Oh boys, I am so
excited and can't really help telling you: Goldman Sachs rules the
world!"? come on...)
So I guess we can keep on being angry with Cameron, Berlusconi of
Goldman and Sachs, we just don't need Alessio Rastani to tell us why.
best
marco
On 9/29/11 5:54 PM, Jonathan Cloke wrote:
> Come on, guys, I thought this was supposed to be a forum for critical thinkers? So Il Sole 24 Ore, a business newspaper owned by Confindustria (the Italian employers' federation) which has recently called on Berlusconi to go through fear that Italy is next after Greece, hastily rubbishes someone who says in the mainstream news that the Eurozone is going to get it in the neck - no conflict of interest there, then...
>
> I made no claims at all for this guy's bona fides but I think that, coming as I do from a country of which the Prime Minister has spent his entire working life in PR speaking bollocks to power, we may not perhaps be in the best position to rubbish the words of a 'kept man' simply for being that, particularly since our current Chancellor achieved his position through his daddy's wealth.
>
> If this guy has innocently spoken the truth on the BBC by adopting the guise of a trader, how much angrier should we be with with Cameron for concealing his real job as an employee of News International and speaking lies in the guise of a Prime Minister?
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> Hi,
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> this guy is a scam; he apparently lives in the house of his girlfriend in London, and has some € 1,000 euros on his bank account, so is a little bit less of a "small time trader" - in fact he himself confessed that "trading is only a hobby" for him (well of course, with 1,000 euro..).
>
> This is at least the summary of an article form the Italian financial newspaper "Il Sole 24 Ore", below for those of you that can read a bit of Italian.
>
> http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/finanza-e-mercati/2011-09-28/grande-bluff-trader-finedimondo-132931.shtml?uuid=AaKjOF8D&fromSearch
>
> A mystery remains as to how a guy like that goes on the BBC announcing the future collapse of the eurozone; probably just poor journalistic work coupled with picking up a guy who overreacted to the excitement of being on air on the BBC...
>
> best
> marco
>
>
> On 9/29/11 4:59 PM, Aaron Franks wrote:
> > From what i've seen online in the Guardian's comment section, he is, in a sense, an actor in that he is an extremely 'small time' trader (net worth as a trader supposedly -£4000) who is relishing the chance to pull out some high octane Gordon Gecko moves on the BBC stage. He clearly loves his role as both trader and provocative 'outsider' commentator. Goldman Sachs still runs the world though...
>
> On 29 September 2011 16:53, Thomas Doerfler<[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> Am 29.09.2011 um 17:35 schrieb Jonathan Cloke:
>
>> Those of you who read/remember my previous post on the ongoing market collapse and forthcoming break-up of the Eurozone should listen to this gentleman, Alessio Rastani. Every so often, through the fog of battle and pure propaganda, someone forgets themself and you hear the pure, unalloyed truth. Worth watching for the reaction of the BBC newsreader alone:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsDjTbP7TS0
>
> seems so far as if he's a con man. And in fact, he doesn't tell anything with substance, listen closely. Albeit he's right what he says 'bout the system in his mockery. If you need a talented actor for a critical play on today's capitalism, take him.
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