I mean, I’m sure we can rule out guilty conscience, right? So it’s either personal, or it involved losing money:
Bloomberg reported on Friday that Mike Dueker, chief economist at Russell Investments, was found dead on the side of a Tacoma highway in Washington state. Police have stated that it appears he took his own life.
“He may have jumped over a 4-foot fence before falling down a 40- to 50-foot embankment… the death appeared to be a suicide.”
A statement released by Russell Investments read, in part:
“Mike was highly respected and regarded at Russell Investments and in the broader financial services industry. In the five years that he worked at Russell, he made valuable contributions that helped our clients and many of his fellow associates.”
But wait – there’s more. Last Sunday, William Broeksmit – a former senior manager for Deutsche Bank – was found hanging in his South Kensington, London home. He was 58 years old. The Daily Mail reports that the death was “non suspicious.”
Creeped out yet? If not, this should do it.
Completing the macabre hat-trick, consider that last Tuesday, Gabriel Magee, a vice president of JPMorgan Chase & Co in London, apparently jumped to his death from a building in the Canary Wharf financial district plunging 500 feet to his death after hurling himself off the roof of the JPMorgan Chase and Co.’s European headquarters. Again, police ruled the death a suicide.
Wish there were back stories on these.
It’s a start! Let’s hope the momentum builds.
This is all very predictatble. Eugene Robinson of the Washington Post is not a bad sort. For a centerist. But when he says things like, ” They are just believers in Capitalism (which is great),” referring to the WSJ editorial board, he falls into a trap. Robinson, like most people who have been indoctrinated by the 1%, are confused about what Capitalism is. They believe that Free Enterprise and Capitalism are one and the same thing. Susie is a Free Market enterpreneur. She is not a Capitalist. Both Republicans and Democrats make the claim that Free Enterprise couldn’t exist without Capitalism. That claim is false and backwards. A Capitalist sells their money for profit. An enterpreneur sells their skill, creativity, time and labor for wages. So without the Free Market enterpreneur the Capitalist (1%) couldn’t exist.
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I lament the loss of any human life, but your news is a fantasy come true.
It’s only a matter of time before it all goes to shit again, just like in ’08. Maybe they didn’t realized they were killing themselves. Maybe they got some insider info and decided it was time to take a “short” position on life.