Uh, the fucking Yankees didn’t blow up capitalism, shithead
Everything that is wrong with business journalism in one hysterically moronic graf
Even in a year in which the industry has lost the stock-market-value equivalent of the output of Africa, Wall Street will manage to pay out about half of 2007’s $28.7 billion total. This baffles civilians—but think of Wall Street as a talent business, not all that different from the movies or sports. The Yankees did not make the playoffs, yet they still need to compensate Johnny Damon for his .303 batting average.
from New York. The layoff stories are perfect though.
