As we all know, modern business is defined by rewarding failure. From the economic bailout plan to golden parachutes, nothing says “Congratulations on the gross misuse of the public’s trust” like extravagant rewards. In all of my research, I have found that only this industry rewards creative abuses with equally creative excess.
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I have an economics professor that is such a hippie-liberal-douche, it pains me to hear him speak. Every now and then, though, he says something completely uncharacteristic that I agree with. Being that it is my 8am class on Tu/Th, it leaves me with the rest of the day to ponder.
We give the Detroit Big 3 a ton of crap for being slow in transitioning to fuel efficie… Click to read more

It is great to know that the economy’s complete and total collapse hasn’t taken its toll on AIG executive’s ability to kick back and get some well-deserves R&R. Really, nothing says, “Hey, we just helped destroy the American way of life for at least 2 generations of citizens,” like spending $440,000 on a short getaway i… Click to read more

So it looks like the Congress is going to pass the $700 billion bailout, and that means every single American is going to get saddled with a $2,300 bill. Since that money’s coming out of your pocket, whether you like it or not, you can only think of what you would have otherwise spent that money on, if you were spending it.
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