[lbo-talk] "A Letter from John Ketch, Esq. Asserting His Right to the Necks of the Over-Grown Brokers." (1721).

[michael perelman]

John Ketch was the famous hangman, long-dead at the time, but John 
Trenchard and Thomas Gordon, the authors of the Cato's Letters published 
this call for the punishment of the banksters who perpetrated the 
disastrous South Sea Bubble.  Sadly, the bankers went unpunished, 
beginning a long tradition.

Justice is not dead in the United States.  Barry Bonds is convicted of 
his high crime.  Our country is protected from Bradley Manning.  And 
besides, Martha Stewart served time.  The real culprits go free. 
Instead, the people will pay the price, while financial profits soar.
-- 
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA
95929

mperelman at csuchico.edu

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