"Goldman Sachs rules the world"

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Surely they're not supposed to acknowledge this kind of thing in public

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-15059135

edit: when I first saw this, thought that the guy worked for an institution - looks like he's an 'independent trader' talking his book and/or selling his talks/tuition/website: http://www.leadingtrader.com

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On youtube as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aC19fEqR5bA

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Was it a hoax? Is this the same guy posing as a Dow Chemicals spokesman?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QvpBO-W5OM

[CanuckinTX]

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I don't think it's the same guy. Listening to the Dow Chemical spokesman speak you can tell pretty early he's not with Dow - PR people don't say things like he was. The other guy is just a trader saying what most people already suspect. Just follow GSElevator on twitter for a look into how the GS people think of themselves.

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Found this on the Telegraph, had a good chuckle:

BBC financial expert Alessio Rastani: 'I'm an attention seeker not a trader'

The self-styled City trader who stripped away the jargon and bluster of the financial world and summed up our woes in just three minutes. "I go to bed every night dreaming of another recession," Alessio Rastani explained in a BBC interview. "It's an opportunity."

The soundbites won Mr Rastani instant fame. He became a viral hit and was trending on Twitter.
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He is a business owner, a 99pc shareholder in public speaking venture Santoro Projects. Its most recent accounts show cash in the bank of £985. After four years trading net assets are £10,048 - in the red.

How a man who has never been authorised by the Financial Services Authority and has no discernible history working for a City institution ended up being interviewed by the BBC remains a mystery.
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"They approached me," he told The Telegraph. "I'm an attention seeker. That is the main reason I speak. That is the reason I agreed to go on the BBC. Trading is a like a hobby. It is not a business. I am a talker. I talk a lot. I love the whole idea of public speaking."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/e...-a-trader.html

[Chomsky]

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It's not the same guy, the Yes Men officially denied that. Doesn't even look like him if you spend just a few seconds comparing the two.

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Having several times been interviewed by the Beeb, I can relate that they go for a story, not how much you are worth.