{"id":145201,"date":"2025-01-23T12:55:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=145201"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:55:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T10:55:37","slug":"how-this-woman-exposed-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=145201","title":{"rendered":"How This Woman Exposed Wall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQyfavXGBkk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/>Deutsche Bank is major player on Wall Street. In 2021, DWS, a subsidiary of the investment bank, was publicly accused by a former executive. This is the story of the likely largest greenwashing scandal in the global financial industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deutsche Bank is major player on Wall Street. In 2021, DWS, a subsidiary of the investment bank, was publicly accused by a former executive. 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