Den 14. mai viste NTNU HiST Attacs studiesirkel filmen “The Smartest Guy in the Room”, en film om hvordan en liten gruppe smarte mennesker klarte å tjene seg styrtrike ved å utnytte en rekke svakheter i det økonomiske systemet. Her er en kort oppsummering:
ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM
You have two cows.
You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a tax exemption for five cows.
The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company. The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on one more.
You sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States, leaving you with nine cows. No balance sheet provided with the release. The public then buys your bull.
