Bankocracy

Entry in progress—B.P.
 
Workers.org
Financial ruin at Drysdale and Penn Square
July 20, 1982
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Almost all the big banks of the Northeast, which is the citadel of the U.S. and world bankocracy, have been turning away from the industrial areas of the Northeast and Midwest and making aggressive efforts to corner the Western markets in the U.S.
     
The Independent (UK)
The rise and fall of Spain’s Machiavelli
Mario Conde used to be adored. Now the former banker is on trial
Elizabeth Nash in Madrid
Sunday, 2 June 1996
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The austere Spanish bankocracy, a clutch of grand families - the Botins at Banco Santander, the Ybarras at Banco Bilbao Viscaya and the Garnicas at Banesto - soon repented their decision to absorb this parvenu and, in an unholy alliance with a Socialist government via the Bank of Spain, spat him out when they realised he threatened to bring them to ruin.
   
The Times (UK)
March 19, 2008
The $100 barrel of crude oil is here to stay
Carl Mortished: World business briefing
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It is all extremely annoying for the bankocrats at the US Federal Reserve, who have been doling out spoonfuls of liquidity in the form of 28-day loans to money market traders
 
Morning Star (UK)
Together we can beat them
Sunday 28 November 2010
by John Millington
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Labelling the EU a “bankocracy,” he added: “The banks are ruling the state - all in line with EU rules and policies.