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On the road to financial Shangri-La - what happened?

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It has been several decades since I served as an Enforcement Director at the SEC, however, the recent turmoil in the financial markets that led to a worldwide recession bear an uncanny resemblance to events in times long gone. The unchecked excesses of bankers and corporate executives today are replays of those earlier escapades. What is different is the scale of their operations, the magnitude of the impact and the impotence of regulatory authorities to stem the hemeoraging. So what went wrong? Why have not we learned from the past? Are we deaf to those many cautions offered in Briloff's writings and my experiences at the SEC?

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  • Stanley Sporkin, 2013. "On the road to financial Shangri-La - what happened?," International Journal of Economics and Accounting, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 4(1), pages 22-25.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijecac:v:4:y:2013:i:1:p:22-25
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