This article explains how the U.S. government and a few of the largest market players (institutional investors) can collude (legally, since 1988) to rig the markets. It also explains how a little-noticed Bush administration revision to corporate tax policy last October has acted to temporarily stem the decline of the U.S. dollar, but at the expense of long term economic viability (at least for the United States). An interesting read for anyone who takes an interest in economic matters.