11.06.2008

Greenspan's Body Count: The Bear and Barry Fox

Today's episode of Greenspan's Body Count is the tale of Barry Fox:
Barry Fox, a research supervisor who worked for nine years at [Bear Stearns], took a drug overdose and then jumped from his 29th-floor apartment the evening in May after he learned he wouldn't be hired by JP Morgan Chase, which was about to buy his firm. A coroner recently confirmed in an autopsy report that the death was a suicide.

Mr Fox was devastated by the implosion of Bear Stearns and the financial hit he was likely to face, says Fred Philippi, his longtime companion. After several personal setbacks, "this Bear Stearns thing happened to be the last straw that broke his spirit," Mr Philippi said in an interview.

Blameless, faceless, mid-level Wall Street managers hurl themselves off balconies while Dick Fuld, Angelo Mozilo, and Chris Dodd walk the streets as free men. If there is justice in the world, they will eventually be prosecuted. But the Godfather of the financial crisis, Alan Greenspan, never will be. Greenspan can only be punished by his Maker.

Greenspan's Body Count now stands at sixty:

Barry Fox
Dallas Dwayne Carter
David Hetzel
Sharron Hetzel
Cliff Kendall
Pamela Ross
Roland Gore
Mrs. Gore
Wanda Dunn
Karthik Rajaram
Subasri Rajaram
Krishna Rajaram
Ganesha Rajaram
Arjuna Rajaram
Indra Ramasesham
Joe X
Isabelle Jarka
Robert Wagner
Lt. Michael Howe
John Roberts
Palmer C. White
Dianne Pittman White
Ed Boesen
Edwin F. Rachleff
Carlene Balderrama
Troy VanderStelt
Scott M. Coles
Dawn E. Armstrong
Thomas Lizotte
Jonathon Calvin "40-Cal" Jacques
Salvador X
Lupe X
Jade X
Little Boy X
Little Girl X
Kashmir Billon
Bill McMurtry

Lisa McMurtry
James Hahn
Raymond Donaca
Deanna Donaca
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Michel Veillette
Nadya Ferrari-Veillette
Marguerite Veillette
Vincent Veillette
Mia Veillette
Jacob Veillette
Maurice Pereira
Natasha Pereira
Mark Achilli
Raed Al-Farah
Andrew Kissel
Rufus Shaw Jr.
Lynn Flint Shaw
Mr. Pierce
Walter Buczynksi
Marci Buczynski
Jason Washington

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