Rockefeller Center and MOMA Must've Grown Out of the Soil
I pretty much agree with Megan McArdle on all fronts regarding this silly NYT piece (btw, when did the NYT become essentially the publicity arm of Franknomics, the odd-ball economics of envy spouted by Cornell professor Robert Frank?)
I say great. You want to shield New York City from the ravages of wealth? Then let's send every dollar with a Rockefeller lineage off the island of Manhattan; let's banish any remnant of Carnegie's fortune; let's strip the Met of all taint bestowed by Kravis and Annenberg. Purify Gotham! Morgan, Whitney, Guggenheim, Sloan, Tisch, Frick, Greenberg, Lauder, Vanderbilt and Astor. Return all the money from whence it came! And then let's see how much these noble urbanites of modest means like Manhattan then.
I say great. You want to shield New York City from the ravages of wealth? Then let's send every dollar with a Rockefeller lineage off the island of Manhattan; let's banish any remnant of Carnegie's fortune; let's strip the Met of all taint bestowed by Kravis and Annenberg. Purify Gotham! Morgan, Whitney, Guggenheim, Sloan, Tisch, Frick, Greenberg, Lauder, Vanderbilt and Astor. Return all the money from whence it came! And then let's see how much these noble urbanites of modest means like Manhattan then.
posted by Donny Baseball at 2:19 PM
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I think the real issue here is that it is now clear to everyone that a lot of bankers were paid enormous sum not only to create but also dump toxic waste around the world. I think it's a reflection of anger against immorality in the security industry and those who got richly rewarded for being dishonest and immoral. Viewed in this light, this is not an issue of jealousy or class warfare, it's a reflection of people's desire for justice.
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