The Insidious Transformation of Markets into Casinos... How Brokers Became Bookies

By Ellen Brown: "You all are the house, you're the bookie. [Your clients] are booking their bets with you. I don't know why we need to dress it up. It's a bet." - Senator Claire McCaskill, Senate Subcommittee investigating Goldman Sachs (Washington Post, April 27, 2010).......read on