Economist: US collapse driven by 'fraud'; Geithner covering up bank insolvency. Economist: US collapse driven by 'fraud'; Geithner covering up bank insolvency In an explosive interview on PBS' Bill Moyers Journal, William K. Black, a professor of economics and law with the University of Missouri, alleged that American banks and credit agencies conspired to create a system in which so-called "liars loans" could receive AAA ratings and zero oversight, amounting to a massive "fraud" at the epicenter of US finance.
But worse still, said Black, Timothy Geithner, President Barack Obama's Secretary of the Treasury, is currently engaged in a cover-up to keep the truth of America's financial insolvency from its citizens. The interview, which aired Friday night, is carried on the Bill Moyers Journal Web site. Black's most recent published work, "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One," released in 2005, was hailed by Nobel-winning economist George A. Akerlof as "extraordinary. " "A single bank, IndyMac, lost more money than the entire Savings and Loan Crisis," reported PBS. The Big Takeover: we're officially, royally screwed.