Andrew Klavan: Wall Street On Trial

The Manhattan Institute is proud to present... the second in a series of animated videos created by Andrew Klavan, City Journal contributing editor and creator of "Klavan on the Culture"

Looking to blame someone for the recent financial crash, Occupy Wall Street protestors turned their wrath on America's bankers and corporations. But are the bulwarks of capitalism really just cartoon caricatures of selfishness and greed?

City Journal contributing editor Andrew Klavan—who actually is a cartoon caricature— takes a more in-depth look at the situation as the Manhattan Institute Presents: "WALL STREET ON TRIAL"

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[sellsjeeps]

Libertarianism FTW!

[karozans]

"Women studies, with a concentration on vaginal methodologies of dissatisfaction."

I seriously LOL'd.

[Knorssman]

when this guy doesn't mention neo-con foreign policy, he seems pretty smart

just take the corporate subsidies analogy, and apply it to the military industrial complex, with the subsidies being more arms sales, from more wars

[revtevye]

Brilliant!

[ArrogantAmerican333]

@sirdje3

Most people these days just go to college to get a leg up on the other poor sod who didn't go to college so they get the job instead of him, NOT because college helps them do their job. When people go to college solely for that purpose, their gains are only as great as someone else's drains, so the only net effect it has on society is that someone spent four years not working and not being productive. Thus the net effect is negative.

[ArrogantAmerican333]

@martydrooo

What does this have to do with the two parties being the same? OWS is clearly a Democrat movement, but despite the left's distortions the bailouts are clearly a leftwing policy too. Even under Bush the bailouts were supported by a Democrat MAJORITY but only a Republican MINORITY in Congress, and Bush recieved ample criticism and loss of support from conservatives for it (hence why his approval rating was so low by the end of his term).

[sirdje3]

correct me if i am wrong, but....isn't the primary reason for the OWS movement the inequities inheirent in the current system? college tuition these days=30 years of debt with few job prospects. as well, the taxation system is a loophole ridden mess. big companies lobby and get what they want. so the voting system is broken by default. Pyrimidical power structures are obsolete and a new paradigm must be created. vote for blue or red and get screwed all the same. responsibility is a dirty word!

[TWSceptic]

Obama should see this, and the rest of the stupid government.

[d3ltadrive]

"Actually that's the Bible"

*head explodes*

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha that's great.

[HebrewFatherland]

@toddclemmer Yep

[toddclemmer]

@HebrewFatherland I think you mean big corporation CRONY capitalism.

[martydrooo]

As Tolstoy said, differences between the two are the difference between cat shit and dog shit.