International Law

Felon's Advice about Combating White Collar Crime

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Sam Antar has a good long post about reforming the capital markets.

"To President-Elect Barack Obama:

While our capital markets require reform, no amount of regulation or oversight can be effective unless those persons charged with carrying it out, have the proper amount experience, knowledge, competence, and professional skepticism to successfully perform their respective jobs and responsibilities.

As the cold-blooded and heartless criminal CFO of Crazy Eddie, I had no fear of oversight from outside or independent board members and our external auditors. I took advantage of their lack of requisite skills, knowledge, and experience to effectively carry out my crimes.

If you want to see capitalism succeed as an engine for our future economic prosperity, I respectfully ask you to first consider the issue of competence, before looking at the issue of regulation and oversight."

Read the entire article about reforming the capital markets.

Full post as published by Misleading Advertising Law on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).