The Wild Wild World of Wealth

Tag archive for ‘Goldman’

  • Bankers, Take a Lesson From Mark McGwire

    Obama Weighs Tax on Banks to Cut Deficit
    Wall Street’s public relations are a train wreck. I have no prior experience in corporate communications. But here’s my action plan to clean up the mess:

    CEOs, fire your PR people. They suck.
    Shut up, Lloyd, about doing “God’s work.” Nobody buys it, not even the religious right. And now [...]

  • What Does $22 Billion in Goldman Bonuses Buy?

    Iceland, at 1.32 times 2008 GDP
    51 bottles of cheap vodka for every Russian, babies included
    1,629,460 years of public school, K-12
    400,000 gastric bypass surgeries
    611,111 free passes for Irish atheists to blaspheme*
    Avatar tickets for everyone living in China, the United States, Indonesia, and Japan combined
    One week at New York’s Four Seasons Hotel for every homeless person in [...]

  • What Slang Should We Ban During 2010?

    I just saw Lake Superior State University’s (“LSSU”) 35th annual list of words or expressions that should be banned. The committee attacks slang sweeping through our culture like “tweeting,” “sexting,” or the ever popular “chillaxin,” which is a cross between “chillin” and “relaxin.”

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