Wednesday, May 20, 2009

How news about the global economic crisis got displaced—by pigs.

How Pigs Replaced Economics

"The media jumped on this new new new crisis, the politicians around the world thanked Providence for something to distract voters from their ethical lapses and the opportunity to pad their budgets, pharmaceutical stocks rallied, airline stocks tanked, and the conspiracy theories are running wild. The Russians stopped importing pork, even though you don’t get the flu from eating pork."
(Psychology Today)

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