The Epicurean Dealmaker

An occasional review and commentary on Wall Street, global finance, markets, and their participants,
by a pseudonymous investment banker.

Sometimes we will venture out into the broader landscape of society, culture, and politics
to poke and peer at their curious denizens and bring back amusing reports.

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Names will be changed to protect the innocent, if we find any.

Saturday, April 19, 2014

Assume a Can Opener

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Once upon a time, O Dearly Beloved, a cruise ship carrying a convention of scientists and social scientists collided somewhere in the South ...
Thursday, April 17, 2014

We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us

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Creditocracy and the Case for Debt Refusal by Andrew Ross 1 OR Books, 280 pp, $17, February 2014, ISBN 978-1-939293-38-1 “Creditocracy (...
Sunday, April 13, 2014

In Loco Parentis

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“You know, Mrs. Buckman, you need a license to buy a dog, or… drive a car. Hell, you need a license to catch a fish. But they’ll let any b...
Thursday, April 10, 2014

The School of Hard Knocks

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Power Figure, Kongo Peoples, 19th C. I am no student (We’re going down to meet Feel those vibrations) Of ancient culture (I know a neat...
Saturday, March 1, 2014

This Situation Absolutely Requires a Really Futile and Stupid Gesture

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Bluto: “Hey! What’s this lyin’ around shit?” Stork: “What the hell we supposed to do, ya moron?” D-Day: “War’s over, man. Wormer dro...
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