Charlie Sheen & Wall Street: How different are they?

January 14, 2015 by Matt McCracken

In 1987, Charlie Sheen stared in Wall Street, a rivoting tale about bankers gone bad.  Fast forward 24 years and I ask myself just how different is the present day Charlie Sheen (CS) and the present day Wall Street (WS):

  • CS:  Made a ton of money without making any real contribution to society.
  • WS:  Made a ton of money without making any real contribution to society.
  • CS:  hubris leads to making the same mistakes over and over again
  • WS:  hubris leads to making the same mistakes over and over again
  • CS: Three failed marriages
  • WS: Three failed bubbles
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  • CS:  pumped full of stimulants
  • WS:  pumped full of stimulus
  • CS:  Screwing pornstars
  • WS:  Screwing taxpayers
  • CS:  completely out of his mind
  • WS:  completely out of its mind
  • CS:  still far from hitting bottom
  • WS:  still far from hitting bottom


 

Let's just hope Wall Street has tiger blood and Adonis DNA as well.