Pirates and Gangsters
Comparing Wall Street bankers to pirates and gangtersThey do not look like Long John Silver, or Blackbeard, or Calico Jack, or talk like Al Capone with a cigar, or mumble like Brando’s Corleone. They may not leap on trains like Jesse James or walk down dusty streets to rob the bank then gallop out of town— instead they fly their jets for an island lunch or drink champagne to celebrate the bonus they received when their firm went belly up and their stock holders took it on t...