Tag Archives: Enron

iBribe

Posted on 10 February 2002 by meta

Turns out Enron used custom software to work out which politicians to buy in order to get what they wanted most effectively…

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ENRON

Posted on 5 February 2002 by meta

Ken Lay has resigned from Enron, told Congress he won’t answer their questions, and now he’s mysteriously gone missing… Maybe he’ll turn up in Spain with Ronnie Biggs, Minnie Driver’s father Ronnie, Jim Slater, and all the other (alleged) crooks…

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How Capitalism Works, Part 94

Posted on 3 February 2002 by meta

As bankrupted Enron suckers queue up to try and get a $1,000 compensation check, the scam artists who ran the company are flying to the bankrupcy hearings in $45m private jets. You know, even in the 80s I don’t recall … Continue reading →

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ENRON

Posted on 11 January 2002 by meta

Looks like people are finally starting to question the close relationship between Enron and the Bush White House, even as Enron admits shredding thousands of pages of paper trail evidence…

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Sign of the times

Posted on 9 January 2002 by meta

This morning I saw a fat, bearded homeless man with a shopping cart full of bundles of I-don’t-know-what tied inside plastic bags. He was leaning over a trash can—reading a discarded copy of the Wall Street Journal intently. Checking his … Continue reading →

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The invisible hand at work

Posted on 5 July 2001 by meta

As a response to the (deliberately manufactured) energy crisis in California, some of the electricity distribution companies began offering special contracts to encourage corporate customers to be more efficient. The deal was: They’d get a cheaper electricity rate, if they … Continue reading →

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