Did the economy bust? Or was it simply manipulated?

While the mass of humanity in the developed world suffered under the economic turn down, Wall Street and its bankers have done quite well, thank you. William D. Cohan lays out the successful exploitation of the economy by the few at the top in a recent New York Times op-ed.

It's business as usual at the top, folks. We're just the chattel, being milked as usual. While unemployment remains stagnant, the rich just keep getting richer. And the only thing they create is a new way to manipulate the game.