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The Epicurean Dealmaker: Et in Arcadia Ego

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AN OCCASIONAL REVIEW AND COMMENTARY ON WALL STREET, GLOBAL FINANCE, MARKETS, AND THEIR PARTICIPANTS, BY A PSEUDONYMOUS INVESTMENT BANKER. SOMETIMES WE WILL VENTURE OUT INTO THE BROADER LANDSCAPE OF SOCIETY, CULTURE, AND POLITICS TO POKE AND PEER AT THEIR CURIOUS DENIZENS AND BRING BACK AMUSING REPORTS. * * * NAMES WILL BE CHANGED TO PROTECT THE INNOCENT, IF WE FIND ANY. Dealbreaker.com did a nice job yesterday quoting the I-Ching of all earthly wisdom, The Big Lebowski, in its blog post title referring to Drew Faust's November 10th letter to faculty, students, and staff of Harvard University. In a remarkable and surprisingly realistic appraisal of the Stanford of the East's financial prospects now that the cream of Western Civilization is migrating from Park Avenue and Nob Hill into dingy caves in the West Texas Hill Country lighted only by Sterno, President Faust1 has warned her various constituencies that All Is Not Well: Okay, so Ms Faust obviously didn't receive the memo that

The Epicurean Dealmaker: Et in Arcadia Ego skip to main | skip to sidebar The Epicurean Dealmaker An occasional review and commentary on Wall Street, global finance, markets, and their participants, by a pseudonymous investment banker. Sometimes we will venture out into the broader landscape of society, culture, and politics to poke and peer at their curious denizens and bring back amusing reports. * * * Names will be changed to protect the innocent, if we find any. Tuesday, November 11, 2008 Et in Arcadia Ego The Dude: "Look, nothing is fucked, here, man." The Big Lebowski: "Nothing is fucked

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