Politics, Economics, and the Political Economy
August 10, 2011 at 16:18 PM EDT
Many of us unconsciously believe that Gordon Gekko revealed the secrets of the universe to Bud Fox when he told him how finance guys run the world: "We make the rules, pal. The news, war, peace, famine, upheaval, the price per paper clip. We pick that rabbit out of the hat while everybody sits out there wondering how the hell we did it.'"