wall street
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Uncle Wall Street
a: Wall Street ~
b: an uncle with a gambling addiction
What: "Wall Street is like an uncle with a gambling addiction. When he wins the family could look the other way and deny the problem (esp. given some of the nice gifts he could afford), but when he nearly lost his house the family had to recognize it had gotten beyond his control"
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Writer: prwiley
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Date: May 28 2010 10:18 AM
# 419 Critique Analogy
Viva El Wall Street
a: Wall street ~
b: Vegas
What: "Wall Street is Like Vegas. Unfortunately, we know by now that what happens on Wall Street does not stay on Wall Street. It spreads like a bad virus to the rest of America." Via Marketwatch.com.....
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Writer: greatdepression002
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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 28 2010 10:18 AM
# 420 Critique Analogy
The Wall Street Pinto
a: Wall street ~
b: the auto industry in the seventies
What: "Wall Street is like the auto industry in the seventies, which had a product that was dangerous and exploded on impact."
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Writer: Nicole Gelinas
LCC: HG
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Date: May 28 2010 10:18 AM
# 421 Critique Analogy
The Wall Steet Oligarchs
a: Wall street ~
b: A Russian Oligarchy
What: "There were a very tiny collection of super-connected industrial figures, these oligarchs. They were bankers mostly. And there was this circular process of government gives tons of money to banker; banker then scams the public and returns money to politicians who in turn keep giving money back to the bankers." ........The link has a video of this situation being discussed. I wish more people would wake up to this situation. It is the elephant in the room.
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Writer: Matt Taibbi
LCC: HG
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Date: Feb 5 2011 9:04 AM
# 797 Critique Analogy
Wall Street is Like Cocaine
a: Wall Street ~
b: Cocaine
What: "Why Wall Street is Like Cocaine" The linked page has a video about the relationship between trading and doing drugs,cocaine, as revealed through brain scans. It's funny and informative.
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Writer: Wealth Wire
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Date: Oct 18 2011 5:51 PM
# 1430 Critique Analogy
Wall Street As Soi Cowboy
a: Wall street ~
b: Soi Cowboy
What: "It's easy to understand why the world economy is collapsing, if you think of Wall Street as Soi Cowboy: bar girls are the banks; their customers/boyfriends are their investors/shareholders; a Cabinet minister swindles them using credit default insurance scams; the generals are the regulators; the Treasury Secretary is a former bar girl." Soi Cowboy is a red-light district in Bangkok, Thailand. The comparison is appropriate.
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Writer: CHRISTOPHER JOHNSON
LCC: HG
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Oct 18 2011 6:03 PM
# 1433 Critique Analogy
Wall Street As Corrupt Pharma Company
a: Wall street ~
b: a pharmaceutical company
What: "Wall Street is like a pharmaceutical company pocketing absurd profits by making drugs with fake, cheap ingredients. When it's finally hit with a class action lawsuit, it goes to the taxpayer for a handout."
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Writer: Hao Li
LCC: HG
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Date: Oct 18 2011 6:36 PM
# 1438 Critique Analogy
Wall Street As Guitar String
a: Wall street ~
b: a Guitar String
What: "During a panic, traders exaggerate the perceived distance between the current price and the "right" price, creating wild oscillations that are eventually dampened by the market's natural resistance to excessive trading."
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Writer: Lev Muchnik
LCC: HG
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Date: Oct 18 2011 6:44 PM
# 1440 Critique Analogy
Today's Wall Street=the Titanic
a: Wall street today ~
b: the Sinking of the Titanic
What: "And the orchestra of the Titanic had been fiddling while first class passengers had been jumping into the lifeboats. Wall Street today offers the same perspective: There will be lifeboats for the privileged ones only who know that the ship is sinking. All others please enjoy the orchestra."
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Writer: Toni Straka
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Date: Oct 18 2011 5:58 PM
# 1431 Critique Analogy
The Most Realastic Analogy Yet
a: Wall street trader ~
b: Kid Playing Dynamite
What: "Wall Street can't be trusted to manage-or even correctly assess-its own risks.This is in part because, time and again, Wall Street has demonstrated that it doesn't even KNOW what risks it is taking. In short, Wall Street bankers are just a bunch of kids playing with dynamite."
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Writer: The Daily Ticker
LCC: HG
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: May 14 2012 2:34 PM
# 2139 Critique Analogy
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