Epstein Secrets

y to see then-State Attorney Barry Krischer kick the case to a grand jury. Mr. Krischer backed off when one of Epstein's gold-plated attor- neys, Alan Dershowitz, announced that some of the victims had posted MySpace comments about their alco- hol and marijuana use. Epstein's "best" defense has been that h

n one of Epstein's gold-plated attor- neys, Alan Dershowitz, announced that some of the victims had posted

f when one of Epstein's gold-plated attor- neys, Alan Dershowitz, announced that some of the victims h

quire Merrill Lynch in a deal that cost taxpayers $20 billion. In a three-hour hearing of the House Oversight and Gov- ernment Reform Committee, Bernanke denied threaten- ing to oust Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis or the bank's board members if they abandoned the takeover after discovering spira

s should tread carefully on infrastructure FT • Alan Duncan attacks EU oil price probe FT • Twitter

ABFS) Key Events on the Horizon August 21 — Fed Minutes from July30/31 FOMC meeting August 22-24 — Jackson Hole Annual Economic Policy Symposium (Bernanke not attending) September 5 — BOEJECB rate decisions September 7 — Australian election September 18 - FOMC rate decision September 22 — German ele

ng and jawboning is ultimately counterproductive. Alan Greenspan (the "Maestro") attempted to avoid the

ully protect us. Current market sentiment strikes us as absurd and unsustainable. It appears to place an inordinate amount of faith in Fed Chairman Bernanke and ECB President Draghi. Yet history makes plain the folly of believing a single person or institution is omniscient about the economy or even that