There is almost infinite hypocrisy in this letter to investors by the CEO of one of the most rapacious corporate giants on the planet.
His fundamental point -- that an aging population has almost no way of paying for longevity -- is true.
But the pious lecture from a financial engineer whose operation's holdings have plundered so much from so many to enrich so few is sickening.
https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/investor-relations/larry-fink-annual-chairmans-letter
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