There are many shades of Enron in the current situation. You would think that lessons would have been learned, but apparently not. Keeping assets off balance sheet - in SIVs for instance - has been a very common practice in recent years.
And that is a big part of the problem. Its been " but mom everyone else is doing it" for so long that the curruption and deception has pretty much come to be tragically expected by so may people and institutions. John
There are many shades of Enron in the current situation. You would think that lessons would have been learned, but apparently not. Keeping assets off balance sheet - in SIVs for instance - has been a very common practice in recent years.
And that is a big part of the problem. Its been " but mom everyone else is doing it" for so long that the curruption and deception has pretty much come to be tragically expected by so may people and institutions. John