This is a very complicated piece that is important because of the scarce information that the author provides about the inner workings of our government. She is highly qualified in that she served as an officer in an earlier elite investment bank (Dillon Read & Co.) and in a number of important federal government offices. She knows whereof she writes.
The article is complicated in its structure which is introduced by an allegory that represents the mind-numbing reality that she goes into in more detail in her 22 Challenges. Several of the "Challenges" sections provide links to other articles which contain links, etc., mostly to articles she has written in the past about issues related to this theme of a government in financial disarray. Thus, a few times I found myself lost in the labyrinth of links.
Some parts seem rather rough like a first draft, but other parts provide some real gems of insights as to the chaotic state of
If you thought the accounting practices of Enron and Worldcom were bad, you may need to take an anti-depressant pill to handle this article. It is a mind-boggling story of the fleecing of America to enrich the One Percent and to build their world Empire, and the ruins of a nation in which we now live.
I recommend especially the first six "challenges" and the other sections related to economic matters which she is very qualified to write about.
