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Pluralistic: The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs (26 Jan 2024)


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  • The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs: "Self-regulation is to regulation as self-importance is to importance."
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Author Cory DoctorowPosted on January 26, 2024January 31, 2024Categories UncategorizedTags administrative competence, auditing, audits, big accounting, big four accountants, conflicts of interest, corruption, defective audits, Francine McKenna, gaap, long cons, management consultants, martin hench, marty hench, millionaire on billionaire violence, NOCLARs, pcaob, photocopier kickers, Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, revolving door, sarbanes-oxley, scholarship, sec, self-regulation, sox, the bezzle, too big to fail, too big to jail, William Duhnke1 Comment on Pluralistic: The long sleep of capitalism's watchdogs (26 Jan 2024)

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