The irony of such a pronouncement coming from Citi, does not escape me. Yes, that reads like a quip. But, stop to think about it. The scales involved, at thi

The irony of such a pronouncement coming from Citi, does not escape me. Yes, that reads like a quip. But, stop to think about it. The scales involved, at this level of "dialog", are... well, intimidating, especially in light of how the 2008 financial crisis shook out. And regulation is apparently becoming a mere landscape feature, around which to sculpt some sort of maximized shareholder (and executive) value.