Doom Plus. Gloom Plus.

Last week I linked to a BBC video interview with Alessio Rastani, a trader who predicted that, well, Europe is well and truly fucked, and the rest of us with it, and that he and a lot of other people were prepared to make a lot of money off Europe's misery.  The response from the Powers That Be was immediate: Rastani wasn't a real trader, Rastani was one of the Yes Men, Rastani was just a showoff wanting TV time, yadda yadda.Okay, fine.  Here's Dr. Robert Shapiro, advisor to the IMF and...