Merry Xmas all. And remember: under any reasonable system of financial regulation - George Bailey is still getting closed down & banned from carrying on business. - ThreadSky

duncanweldon.bsky.social • 69 days ago

Merry Xmas all.
And remember: under any reasonable system of financial regulation - George Bailey is still getting closed down & banned from carrying on business.

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mstoerings.bsky.social•69 days ago

Still steamed Potter got to keep that $8k :-/

jimleaviss.bsky.social•69 days ago

You mean ‘property speculator George Bailey’.

jimleaviss.bsky.social•68 days ago

Also he should be arrested for drink driving.

paulframe85.bsky.social•69 days ago

Merry Christmas. May your turkey not need binning.

gaylefranceslarkin.bsky.social•69 days ago

Which financial regulation system is ever reasonable, fair, or just? Not a single one that I ever studied...

hedgehog69.bsky.social•69 days ago

Yes, but under any reasonable system so would Northern Rock and HBOS.

hedgehog69.bsky.social•69 days ago

And Thames Water!

jonnelledge.bsky.social•69 days ago

THIEF! THAT'S MY JOKE WELDON! Anyway happy Christmas

duncanweldon.bsky.social•69 days ago

Merry Xmas.
I’m sure I’ve used this - in print! - circa 2016 or 17.

t0nyyates.bsky.social•69 days ago

I'm sure I've heard this joke every couple of years since 1985 when I first got into economics. It's a universal joke.

rkemb.bsky.social•69 days ago

Do you discuss the Superman scam as well?

jonnelledge.bsky.social•69 days ago

Thirteen years, my friend (I'm actually delighted to see it taking hold)

rupertstubbs.bsky.social•69 days ago

Impressive grudge-holding there

northernash.bsky.social•69 days ago

The bump reminding me how old I am 😬

kentindell.bsky.social•69 days ago

Scraped to train a wet neural network.

jonathanhopkin.bsky.social•69 days ago

I wonder why Northern Rock didn’t just get locals to have a whip round

mrvimes.bsky.social•69 days ago

They kinda did!

smtuffy.bsky.social•69 days ago

The board bears some responsibility here too. After all, they were the ones that insisted someone with a only a high school education run the bank,

politicalhackuk.bsky.social•69 days ago

Yes, but this is the US, so he’s bound to be President

invalid-handle.com•69 days ago

Merry Christmas

#NoBailoutForBailey

ukbababa.bsky.social•69 days ago

He managed to lobby the townsfolk into socialising the losses - sounds like the right man for the job.

northernash.bsky.social•69 days ago

Which to be fair, he would probably very much be fine with

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