The idiots have been run into hiding for now. From McSweeney’s Internet Tendency Atlas Shrugged Updated for the Current Financial Crisis:

“Why make a product when you can make dollars? Right this second, I’m earning millions in interest off money I don’t even have.”

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“There’s a whole world out there of byzantine financial products just waiting to be invented, Dagny. Let the leeches run my factories into the ground! I hope they do! I’ve taken out more insurance on a single Rearden Steel bond than the entire company is even worth! When my old company finally tanks, I’ll make a cool $877 million.”