SOMEBODY TAKE BACK BECKER'S NOBEL

and do something about his sidekick Murphy. They have been "Hooverized" and therefore can't grasp simple economic facts. Instead, they write nonsense like:

The people who made mistakes lost, and many lost big.

Here's a little more reality:

Initially, at least, the revenues were enormous: AIGFP's returns went from $737 million in 1999 to $3.2 billion in 2005. Over the past seven years, the subsidiary's 400 employees were paid a total of $3.5 billion; Cassano himself pocketed at least $280 million in compensation.