Billionaire chronicles

I liked the quote in the Joseph Stiglitz article in the Guardian:

As Barry Ritholtz tweeted: “Just as there are no atheists in Fox Holes, there are also no Libertarians during a financial crisis.”

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Ok, stealing that Ritholtz quote.

This is sad-funny, and apparently Morning Brew scripted and shot it within hours of the breaking SVB story. “Enjoy”:

ETA:

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:roll_eyes:

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Federal Reserve Assures Venture Capitalists That They’re Very Smart And Important

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One less RocketBro.

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Ha. Can you imagine how Jeff and Elmo will taunt Beardy at the next meeting of the billionaire bros treehouse club?

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“Oh, yeah Elmo? You still haven’t been to space. Chicken!”

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I can barely make myself watch Larry Summers. He’s all kinds of wrong.

But dang if Jon Stewart doesn’t try hard to pin him down:

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Myth #1: the rich pay taxes, too!

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Wanted to put this into the schadenfreude thread but it fell into disuse. And there is just so much of it out there!

The Simpsons GIF by MOODMAN

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Re-opened for your convenience.

BTW, that video at the top of that thread…
No, this is not how Schadenfreude is pronounced. At least not in German.

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It’s a running joke. It’s not pronounced that way in English either. Last I looked at it the highest rated comment was from a German saying that was precisely how it was pronounced. For me it’s the wryest gentle joke about internet epistemology!

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Everywhere.
All of them.
Wherever they are.

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