On the topic of straw men, I don't think you'll find me saying anywhere that the financial industry is "stupid, ignorant, or misguided", nor did I say that "wal

On the topic of straw men, I don't think you'll find me saying anywhere that the financial industry is "stupid, ignorant, or misguided", nor did I say that "wall street is bad". I'm not painting the people in the industry with any kind of brush at all. You make it sound like I'm kicking a puppy. I believe that there's a systemic problem with the industry and its role in society and that it is damaging our future prosperity. Yes, any sufficiently powerful institution could, in principle pose such a problem, but why distract ourselves with imaginary problems when we have a real one sitting in front of us?