Down, But Not Out – America’s Revolt against Being ‘Written Off!’ Show # 2 – The “Banksters”

A main-street perspective on what really lies at the heart of the financial system, why we have continually failed to rein it in, and why it now poses a greater risk than it ever has. Amer Chaudri, the author of “Diatribe”: A Scathing Journey Into The Heart of the Financial Corporate Culture, has worked in Finance and Banking for 15 years and on three continents. He has worked as a Bankcards administrator, Treasury Funds Manager, Branch Manager, Senior Financial Analyst and Region Finance Controller in one of the largest Banking and Finance conglomerates in the world.

He graduated from Boston College with a degree in Finance and Information Systems. Amer’s book looks to  see past the tabloid-journalism and book-churning typical of financial scandals and economic downturns. Not only does it lobotomize why the financial system is loose and unruly as it is but how corporate cultures, sales practices, product marketing/pricing and the use of technology have evolved over time – for better or for worse. The memoir chronicles a 15-year professional journey. Diatribe‘s point of view does not come from a Wall Street insider, journalist or pundit. Instead, the author hails from Main Street. It presents probing questions: Have we lost the core element of vitality in the free-market ideal? Can technologies, bred as the hallmark of capitalism, scuttle its verve? And if so, what can we do to recover and to restore? The book is written with layman readership in mind and to sound to all citizens who realize a conscious responsibility to comprehend and rein-in the financial and banking system whose ideal ought to be to server society and its economics, not to threaten it. It’s core message is that we cannot aim to do this with after-the-fact legislation woven by the perpetrators of the crimes. We have to resurrect sound principles and frameworks.

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