A side-by-side comparison.
Source: Occupy Herbstreit
Frequent scandals. Inept regulators. Terrible predictions by “experts.” Old men getting extremely rich in a probably unjustified manner. Stressed-out but well-compensated employees. A heavy fraternity presence. War metaphors. Aside from the uniforms, there's really very little difference between NCAA football and Wall Street. To wit:
The SEC (Southeastern Conference) is Goldman Sachs
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Their consistent and extreme success seems to be largely the result of constantly telling others everyone how extremely successful they are.