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1907 Puck magazine cover image uses a Humpty Dumpty reference to illustrate the state of financial capitalism. A wall of "Rotten Finance" formed by figures like John D. Rockefeller, J. Pierpont Morgan and Edward H. Harriman has failed to prop up

Portrayals Of Wall Street As Greedy, Selfish And Rotten - 100 Years Ago (Photos)

It may be surprising to many who believe that Wall Street and global finance are inherently malevolent that a century ago, the public had a very similar perception of financial services, a notion that was channeled by editorial cartoonists in hard-hitting illustrations in magazines like Puck and newspapers like the New York Herald. These cartoons would be as fitting today as they were in 1912.
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