Europe’s “Web of Debt” – The Graphic That Crashed Wall Street ;-)

In general, as several of you have noticed, we try to highlight in this In the News column, LESS noticed, but nevertheless crucial, items from the mainstream media / institutions about the global political economy … [br]

Nevertheless, we have gotten SO many emails / chats etc about this amazingly informative graphic in the New York Times that we feel like we HAVE to put it up,

In general, as several of you have noticed, we try to highlight in this In the News column, LESS noticed, but nevertheless crucial, items from the mainstream media / institutions about the global political economy … [br]

Nevertheless, we have gotten SO many emails / chats etc about this amazingly informative graphic in the New York Times that we feel like we HAVE to put it up,

In general, as several of you have noticed, we try to highlight in this In the News column, LESS noticed, but nevertheless crucial, items from the mainstream media / institutions about the global political economy … [br]

Nevertheless, we have gotten SO many emails / chats etc about this amazingly informative graphic in the New York Times that we feel like we HAVE to put it up,

even tho a LOT of you have already seen it … 😉 …

But for those of you that HAVEN’T … well … as they USED to say in Las Vegas, “read ’em and weep” … 😉 … [br]

and as they now say, with the popularity of Texas hold ’em, “shuffle up and deal” … 😉 …

So to commemorate the disastrous plunge on Wall Street today, as a result of all the concerns about Greece,

not to mention all the other elements of the mess in which the world finds itself,

here’s a TRULY disturbing graphic that, as we say, MANY of you will have already seen —

which, we hope and believe, is NOT the case with MOST of the items we put into this column … 😉 …

“Enjoy” – so to speak … 😉 …

With thanks to, among others, Kevin, Chris, Jimmy, Janet and, last but not least, Matt … 😉 …