Banking spins destruction myth: Hoocoodanode?
Just as every society has a creation myth, banking is now busily writing a destruction myth that seeks to explain and soothe in a world torn to its foundations.
The myth, as expounded by regulators, bankers and their various service providers, is that we were hit by a perfect storm, a 1,000-year flood so unpredictable that we can’t possibly be held accountable for it. An act of god, rather than the folly of man.
Or as the excellent financial blog Calculated Risk puts it: “Hoocoodanode?”
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