The following video clip will make you extremely sick to your stomach. Not that we didn’t already know the U.S. economy is nothing more than a rigged oligarch shell of its former self, but to see SEC Director of the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations, Andrew Bowden, grovel for a job for his son in front of a private equity industry audience certainly represents a new low.

If you recall, Andrew Bowden was first brought to your attention last year in the post, SEC Official Claims Over 50% of Private Equity Audits Reveal Criminal Behavior, which discussed how Mr. Bowden admitted in a talk that “more than 50 percent of private equity firms it has audited have engaged in serious infractions of securities laws.” This sort of honesty is never rewarded within a crony, corrupt economic system that depends so heavily on regulatory capture for riches. As such, he quickly recognized the gravity of his error, and has since decided to get on his hands and knees and pucker up to the private equity industry whenever possible.

Nowhere was this more apparent than at a recent event at Stanford Law School, where Mr. Bowden ended his resounding endorsement of the private equity industry by begging the audience to one day give his son a job. At this point the audience burst into laughter and someone can be clearly heard yelling “I would love to hire your son by the way.” More laughter.

The joke’s on us.

Watch the video below:

Note: This post came about as a result of two fantastic articles from Naked Capitalism, which I strongly suggest reading (links below).

Additionally, the video clip you just watched was actually removed by Stanford as soon as it started to get some attention, but thanks to the folks at Naked Capitalism, it remains available.

Stanford Law School Covers Up SEC’s Andrew Bowden’s Embarrassing Remarks by Deep-Sixing Conference Video

SEC’s Andrew Bowden Regulatory Capture Scandal Hits the Major Leagues with Los Angeles Times Column

In Liberty,

Michael Krieger



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