[DubiousPusher]

Yeah. Isn't this almost literally what Goldman did during the financial crisis. Seems like what is counts as a financial crime or fraud has a lot to do with how much purchase you have with your respective countries powerful and wealthy.

[pgwhalen]

In what sense did Goldman Sachs do something similar during the crisis?

[DubiousPusher]

Trading derivatives which are essentially a form of insurance on assets they had plenty of inside dope to know where rotten.