The View from the Bridge (updated 20 Sep 2022)

Lobster Issue 84 (Winter 2022) FREE

[PDF file]: […] me. 2 Inflation was 8% in 1982 and 8% in 1990. See . 3 Look at the graph at . 4 1 despite her best efforts to kill it, had a manufacturing base three times as big as it is now. The new government has little oil revenue; a much diminished manufacturing base; and […]

Enron accounting… and how to prevent it

Lobster Issue 59 (Summer 2010) FREE

[PDF file]: […] drawing their auditing fees, which can be very substantial in a large company: Enron paid Arthur AndersHn $25 million for their last audit. The incentive not to kill the goose that lays the golden egg is obvious, and the auditor may be tempted to turn a blind eye to irregularities ranging from trading whilst […]

The Watergate break-ins and the Howard Hughes connection

Lobster Issue 87 (2023) FREE

[PDF file]: […] product of secret payoffs by Hughes to protect his business empire, and a frantic effort by Nixon to head off potential exposure of their relationship lest it kill his chances for reelection. O’Brien was a key target of the White House because he had business and political relationships of his own with top Hughes […]

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