Paying silver for the dust
In the past one century, Drug lords in the Latin America; Italian mafia in the USA; war lords of the Africa and Arab world; Russian oligarchs; Japanese Zaibatsu; Australian media moguls etc. have perhaps been as popular with the media and entertainment industry as the intelligence agencies like CIA, KGB, Mossad and MI6. It is widely acknowledged that they did exert influence over political establishments, judiciary and financial systems in their respective jurisdictions; and many a times even beyond that. In the post global financial crisis era, some entrepreneurs have emerged as the center of power. Historically, the large entrepreneurs have been influencing policy making, but their domain of influence was mostly limited to the policies relating to trade and finance. Geopolitics, for example, was usually not on their agenda. However, it seems to be the case, no longer. The corporate czars are now widely believed to be influencing politics, geopolitics, trade and finance, with impunity...