financial

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Financial reporters (including this one) have tortured countless metaphors in their quest to explain what the heck is going on in the economy. But sometimes funny does a better job. And at a time of falling markets and uncertainty, it helps to hold on to a sense of humour. So without further ado, here are some of the best financial crisis jokes, sketches and comic strips that have hit our inbox or been scavenged from the Interweb. (Note to viewers: a couple contain profanity.)

Via Paul Kedrosky’s blog, I came across this column by Nouriel Roubini, whose predictions about this financial crisis so far have come true with astonishing precision. He address where he sees the contagion spreading next. In short, first the hedge funds will fall, then private equity firms will crumble: