So something along the lines of
Since business leaders, right-wing economists and leading pundits have played a major role in pumping up the bubble that caused this crash, why precisely are we supposed to go to them for advice?
It just needs to be cut in half, so as to fit within a soundbite.
Or we could go with "how many Madoffs do you think are attending this summit?" Or "how many people at this summit have been involved in business transactions that would have been considered outright fraud fifty years ago?" Just to watch them squirm...
- Jake If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.
Because they still decide where the economy is going!
That's where you're wrong, I think.
The steering wheel has come off in their hands... "Any economic unit can emit money. The serious problem is to get it accepted" Hyman Minsky
"Who's holding the steering wheel right now?"
[holding a gun to his head] "I don't want your advice. Give me your keys. Now."
* which should not surprise by its absurdity but by hitting the nail
