Rant

A while back now I watched a free movie called Zeitgeist that talked about some of the US's historical financial cockups. One of the examples of suggested corruption was how JP Morgan and the Federal Reserve had a lot to do with one another, and how by controlling the economy people like JP Morgan could push other banks to the brink and then buy them for peanuts.

I was somewhat alarmed, then, when Bear Stearns got into trouble last week and a finance deal was arranged between JP Morgan ...