Janet Tavakoli — "Fraud As a Business Model"

There were many factors that contributed to our recent financial bubble: deregulation, cheap money from the Fed, failure to enforce remaining regulations, crony capitalism, hubris, speculation, leverage, and fraud among other problems. While fraud wasn't the only issue, it was and is a significant contributor to the credit bubble. Restraining fraud is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a sound financial system. Congressional investigations in recent years have put ample evidence of fraud in the public domain....

Read Janet Tavakoli's post at The Huffington Post, "Fraud As a Business Model"

Tavakoli cites Bill Black and Randy Wray of UMKC