B'Tselem says it is impossible to calculate the total state spend in settlement benefits, because "government ministries obscure documentation of the moneys in their budgets that are directed to the settlements".
The latter recovered as banks and larger corporations parked their bailout moneys in stock markets (rather than investing them in production, since mass purchasing power in the US remained hobbled and looks likely to remain so indefinitely).
Because she sensibly never talks, gives interviews, or admits anything, and because she cannily distributes her moneys in a variety of banks in several countries, it is impossible accurately to approximate the fortune Chanel has amassed, but the London City rumors it at some three millions of pounds, which, in France, and for a woman, is enormous.
A notable political economist, Biel wrote, in addition to theological treatises, a progressive work on economic theory, De potestate et utilitate monetarum (printed 1516; Treatise on the Power and Utility of Moneys), in which, among several other issues, he favours fair taxation and price control.
The first contribution into the fund came in October 2009 directly from the Cabiedes family, followed by institutional moneys in 2010 and a final round in the last few days to consolidate the 25 million euro piggy bank.
It was an age of Rabelaisian indulgence and the wealthiest men, men who had made their moneys in the railroads, stockyards and oil fields, were not averse to displaying their affluence in terms of who had the largest stickpin, broadest stomach and, of course, biggest cigar.
