In his “The Game” column the other day, the Wall Street Journal’s Dennis K. Berman did a column on BHP Billington’s $132b offer for Rio Tinto, which would bring together two of the world’s largest mining companies. His column included this quote:
“In the 19th century, countries were prone to dispatch navies to secure a flow of goods. Today, they send investment bankers.”
I smiled at the idea, which clearly is true, and immediately my mind went to the sketch that opens Monty Python’s “The Meaning of Life,” which I still rank as their greatest work:
Amazing, how the Pythons pull it all together here …
4 replies on “Monty Python, the Wall Street Journal and the meaning of life …”
Well this has to be one of my favorite posts of yours. I laughed. I cried.
Just wondering if you’ve read “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” by John Perkins?
brilliant! i had never seen this before. thanks for posting it.
Not sure if you mean just that skit or Meaning of Life in general. If you haven’t seen Meaning of Life, get out and rent it. Now. It’s amazingly hilarious. Their best work, to my mind.
i never saw the film but it has now been added to my netflix list.