ART AND THE BOUNCY BANKER: March 2012

The Bruxist Collective's take on Art and (as Alfred Jarry might put it) P'finance.

A numerically dyslexic artist (and reluctant consumer) shares his dearth of financial wisdom and resulting frustrations with his Bank Manager. Read personal letters from the elusive Art to his even more elusive Bank Manager. See a comic rendition of a Day In The Life Of The Bouncy Banker. Art struggles to make sense of the senseless as the Authorities of Finance wobble but never quite fall down. Full of hot air they float above it all! When they bounce it is with impunity! Why are there no Remorseful Bankers? Can Art and Finance ever coexist? Do you have a Blue Chip on your shoulder?

When bankers get together they talk about Art. When artists get together they talk about money. Oscar Wilde

I'm about to embark on a new fun read by David Cay Johnston—FREE LUNCH HOW THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS ENRICH THEMSELVES AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE (AND STICK YOU WITH THE BILL).

Surely not? Tell me it isn't true? Here I go reading a book I suspect I already with.

In a country where so many see wealth accumulation as the ultimate goal I know many only cover their ears, and shut their minds to even considering that the above may be true. A country with a president trying to move forward and accommodate change in a fast changing world with rapidly evolving global exchange networks is an enormous threat to the many who wish to keep things just as they are.

Today is Super Tuesday, and fear of this fast changing world is playing a big part in how the votes are cast. In some ways I empathize. The most wealthy do not even consider themselves bound by borders or by nation states or by patriotism. In a way they are playing a huge chess game with the rest of us. Only a few of them behave like good global citizens.