Namibia: Bovine Excreta Will Not Restore Trust

opinion

Windhoek — When I listen to the absolute nonsense being thrown around in financial circles regarding the causes and the solutions to the global mess, I shudder to think these people are actually in charge of our economic destiny.

2008 has not been a pretty year and 2009 has all the promisings of turning out an even bigger disaster. And if the world's big central banks continue to doctor the symptoms instead of cutting out the cancer, the world will remain stuck for a very long time. But how can we expect highly-paid, high-flying execs in the financial world to be honest when the regulators are not honest?

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