Usually these MBAs and Money Mongers get away with quite a bit more. They care nothing about forging and holding onto friendships. The only concern is the financial bottom line. This is what they teach in undergraduate and graduate business schools, and they somehow legitimize it through whatever is the conventional religious norm. Kind of neat how that works, isn't it.
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Ah, Scrooged, A Christmas Tail for our times fo sho.[even if "our times" harken back to...what, the 80s?].
Seems Madoff [a name fit for an O'Toole character if there ever was one] was planning on being Very Generous with his gifties this year--particularly the ones from Santa to ol' Madoff.
It surely does look like Wall Street has become one huge Ponzi scheme...
It seems a bit analogous with basic pyramid schemes, too.
The financial crisis, explained.
The ending is spot on sarcasm: "The last thing in the world I expected was for bankers and politicians to be corrupt."
With just the right touch of deadpan. Excellent.
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