| From Atimes.com: In 1936 in the depths of a world-wide economic depression, John Maynard Keynes described the decline of the world's financial markets as a result of playing at a casino: "Short-term speculation with little regard to fundamentals."
A cursory examination of the current global financial crisis suggests little has changed since Keynes' day - the conventional financial system, despite various patches and fixes over the years, is still prone to periods of extreme instability and abuse.............................................Full Article: Source
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