MORE ON THE STRESS TEST

Whenever you break down a story there are only a couple of plots. 

Most boil down to: man against the elements; man against man; man's inhumanity to man and man against himself which is just another way of saying man's stupidity or failure to learn.

Never make the mistake of limiting your definition of elements to things like waves, weather or storms. Greed is one of the most powerful elements man wages war against.

 And then there is fear. Read H.G. Wells' short story The Red Room.

Here's some intelligent comments about the folly of the Fed's newest toy, the financial stress test for banks. Part of this story centers on man against the elements, building the unsinkable Titanic. Another part is more about the DNA of bankers, do-gooders and politicians. 

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