D'(igi) / D'(igi) CREATIVE RATING COSMETICS (2020)POOR STANDARDS ALL AROUND THE WORLD [AGENT – BALANCE-SHEET – COSMETICS – DERIVATIVES – EROSION – FRAUD – “EARTH ON SALE”]

ONCE UPON A TIME … THERE WAS A EUROPEAN UTOPIA (I – VI)
DO YOU REMEMBER? (I - XII)
-RATING AGENCIES: BADLY OVERRATED – REGULATORS AND INVESTORS RELY TOO HEAVILY ON CREDIT RATINGS
-GERMANY'S BENCHMARK STATUS UNDER THREAT
-SEC PLEDGES OVERHAUL OF RATING AGENCIES
-CLOUDS OVER GERMANY'S FINANCIAL CENTER
-RATING AGENCIES – EXCLUSION ZONE
-PARIS TO TARGET CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AT G7
-PRESSURE ON CDO RATINGS
-GERMANY FORCES BLOCK ON CREDIT RATINGS
-CREDIT RATINGS INDUSTRY COMES UNDER ATTACK
-A SPECIAL REPORT ON FINANCIAL RISK: NUMBER-CRUNCHERS CRUNCHED – THE USES AND ABUSES OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS
-MORE WRONGDOING AT BANKS, MORE SWINGEING FINES, NO PROSECUTIONS
-THE CREDIT RATING CONTROVERSY
„DEVEOPMENT“ (!) – AT WHOSE COST?! (I – III)
GLOBAL PUBLIC DEBT
AMERICA’S FOREIGN CREDITORS
„THESE CUPS ARE MADE OF CHINA“
„WHAT'S WORTH MORE THAN MONEY? PROBABLY GOLD? – PROBABLY LAND …“
CREDITORS VS DEBTOR COUNTRIES
SYSTEMIC RISK
SYSTEMIC RIGGING
„THE GREAT EUROPEAN RIP-OFF“
MUTUAL DEBT
THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES (I - VI)
EUROPEAN „CREDITOR“/„DEBTOR“ UNION
„DEBT … AROUND THE CLOCK“
TOP TEN DEBTORS
“SOIL N CITIZENS ON SALE”: “LAW’s” EARTH BACKED SECURITIES (I – XI)
REMINDERS ON THE ORIGIN OF POVERTY AND „WEALTH“, WAR AND „PEACE“ (I – VI)
„ABRACADABRA” – FINANCE COSMETICS „MAYBE-U-BELIEVE“ (I - VI)
„WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY PRIVILEGED FRIENDS”
FINANCIAL GLOSSARY – YOU GET IT?! (I – XXIV)
WHY DON’T YOU JUST CUT IT!!! (I – II)
UNEASY SOURCES AND REMINDERS