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ONCE UPON A TIME ... THERE WAS A EUROPEAN UTOPIA (I - VI)DO YOU REMEMBER? (I - XII)-RATING AGENCIES: BADLY OVERRATED - REGULATORS AND INVESTORS RELY TOO HEAVILY ON CREDIT RATINGS-GERMANY'S BENCHMARK STATUS UNDER THREAT-SEC PLEDGES OVERHAUL OF RATING AGENCIES-CLOUDS OVER GERMANY'S FINANCIAL CENTER-RATING AGENCIES - EXCLUSION ZONE-PARIS TO TARGET CREDIT RATING AGENCIES AT G7-PRESSURE ON CDO RATINGS-GERMANY FORCES BLOCK ON CREDIT RATINGS-CREDIT RATINGS INDUSTRY COMES UNDER ATTACK-A SPECIAL REPORT ON FINANCIAL RISK: NUMBER-CRUNCHERS CRUNCHED - THE USES AND ABUSES OF MATHEMATICAL MODELS-MORE WRONGDOING AT BANKS, MORE SWINGEING FINES, NO PROSECUTIONS-THE CREDIT RATING CONTROVERSY"DEVEOPMENT" (!) - AT WHOSE COST?! (I - III)GLOBAL PUBLIC DEBTAMERICA'S FOREIGN CREDITORS"THESE CUPS ARE MADE OF CHINA""WHAT'S WORTH MORE THAN MONEY? PROBABLY GOLD? - PROBABLY LAND ..."CREDITORS VS DEBTOR COUNTRIESSYSTEMIC RISKSYSTEMIC RIGGING"THE GREAT EUROPEAN RIP-OFF"MUTUAL DEBTTHE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES (I - VI)EUROPEAN "CREDITOR"/"DEBTOR" UNION"DEBT ... AROUND THE CLOCK"TOP TEN DEBTORS"SOIL N CITIZENS ON SALE": "LAW's" EARTH BACKED SECURITIES (I - XI)REMINDERS ON THE ORIGIN OF POVERTY AND "WEALTH", WAR AND "PEACE" (I - VI)"ABRACADABRA" - FINANCE COSMETICS "MAYBE-U-BELIEVE" (I - VI)"WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY PRIVILEGED FRIENDS"FINANCIAL GLOSSARY - YOU GET IT?! (I - XXIV)WHY DON'T YOU JUST CUT IT!!! (I - II)UNEASY SOURCES AND REMINDERS