Monday 8 November 2010

Bernanke the Brandstifter

Watching Bernanke run the Fed reminds me of the play 'Biedermann und die Brandstifter' by Max Frisch, a dark comedy on the Nazi take-over of Germany.

Bernanke is poised even now with his box of matches next to the fuse running to the stack of kerosene drums (marked 'quantitive easing'). Somebody might want to think about stopping him.

3 comments:

Mark Wadsworth said...

It's all part of the plan to enrich the bankers, in which Obama was twice as acquiescent as Bush, strangely enough.

James Higham said...

And everyone sits back and lets him do it.

Trooper Thompson said...

Obama is more in thrall to the banksters than any previous president.

Yes James, just like Herr Biedermann.