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The Investment Bank Metaphor Bike

September 19, 2008 tim bradford Leave a comment

At the end of our road there is a bike chained to a lamp post. Over the last two or three months the bike has slowly been stripped of various parts. Its seat went first, then front wheel. The frame is there and the chain, but no-one seems to want that. 

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