Could Taxes Have Prevented Rampage Of The London Whale?

Tue, 05/15/2012 - 18:52 EDT - Forbes.com - Top Stories

Now that a once-obscure JPMorgan Chase derivatives trader named Bruno Iksil has become infamous as the London Whale, I suppose it is time??to ask whether what he does should be subject to new taxes. The question predated Mr. Iksil's misadventures, of course. Ever since the U.S. financial crash of 2008 and the beginnings of the ...

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