Loads of Bull

I sat near Battery Park on October 27, watching to see how many Wall Street brokers were out on the ledge building up courage to take a dive. There were lots of pigeon droppings and yellowed leaves, if not many dropping traders. Like Edward Gibbon meditating on declines and falls in the ruins of the Roman forum, I pondered: does Wall Street have any effect on the real economy where people make and sell real things, or is it just a more staid version of Atlantic City's casinos? What does the