For all the talk about corrupt CEOs who betray their stockholders, it’s time we consider the problem of power-mad politicians who betray the voters. With or without criminal penalties for CEOs, the stock market is brutal in its propensity to punish companies with shady management. What means is there to punish governments with leaders who do everything contrary to what they promised in the election? In his campaign, Bush promised a humble foreign policy, smaller government, freedom for enterprise, and free trade. In practice, he was been a big-government warmonger who has massively increased the power of the consolidated state … Continue reading Bush and the Money Changers