Lots of Dry (Financial) Tinder Want to know who — or what — caused Wall Street’s melt-down last Thursday? It was Mrs. O’Leary’s cow. Or at least the 21st century, financial equivalent. Huh? It was Mrs. O’Leary’s cow, of course, that got the blame for causing the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 (it turns out...Read More
Looking for a “Containment Dome” . . . . for Wall Street See if this sounds familiar: First came the explosion and melt-down. Next came the after-effects: millions of innocent victims, sickened and poisoned by the fast-spreading pollution. Finally, tardy and tepid, came the containment and clean-up efforts — entrusted, incredibly, to the same despoilers...Read More
