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		<title>LOLMarkets!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone reading this blog is probably aware of the LOL-fad: the addition of witty captions to photos of cats, fashion models, and so forth, which has taken th&#8217; interwebs by storm. So in a moment of inspiration, I wondered: why couldn&#8217;t we do the same for economic sociology? I mean, I know I&#8217;m not the [&#8230;]]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone reading this blog is probably aware of the LOL-fad: the addition of witty captions to photos of <a href="http://icanhascheezburger.com/" target="_blank">cats</a>, <a href="http://jezebel.com/gossip/maghag/lolvogue-scarves-silverware--scooters-290003.php" target="_blank">fashion models</a>, and so forth, which has taken th&#8217; interwebs by storm.</p>
<p>So in a moment of inspiration, I wondered: why couldn&#8217;t we do the same for economic sociology? I mean, I know I&#8217;m not the only one who spontaneously thinks of puns that mash up pop culture with &#8220;The Great Transformation,&#8221; right? Right? [Tap, tap, tap.] Is this thing on?</p>
<p>If the blogosphere is good for anything, it&#8217;s for allowing microscopically small interest groups to band together and share the kind of thoughts that would be greeted with disbelief or incomprehension by others. If the <a href="http://www.petfinder.com/shelters/WI104.html" target="_blank">Ferret Fanciers of Greater Milwaukee </a>can do it, why can&#8217;t economic sociological punsters?</p>
<p>Rather than keeping those gems of humor to ourselves, let&#8217;s enjoy them together. Friends, Romans and economic sociologists, send me your LOLs!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s one that came to me when I ran across this picture of the Angel of Death during the earily days of the market meltdown&#8211;I know you can do better! So send in YOUR LOLpix! Operators are standing by!</p>
<p style="text-align:center"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-233" title="talk-to-the-invisible-hand" src="http://economicsociology.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/talk-to-the-invisible-hand.jpg?w=300" alt="talk-to-the-invisible-hand" width="300" height="189" /></p>
<p style="text-align:center"><strong>&#8220;Talk to the Invisible Hand!&#8221;</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:left"><strong>UPDATE!</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:left">I knew someone was on this&#8230;ladies and gentlemen, I give you <a href="http://lolfed.com/" target="_blank">LOLFed.com</a>, the funniest site I&#8217;ve seen in ages. Here&#8217;s today&#8217;s LOL with a snippet of the accompanying text:</p>
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<p style="text-align:left"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-242" title="sandy-weill-lol" src="http://economicsociology.wordpress.com/files/2009/01/sandy-weill-lol.jpg?w=244" alt="sandy-weill-lol" width="244" height="300" /> This one’s for all you crazy kids out there who said Sandy Weill’s experiment of creating a banking supermarket could never work, that its sheer size and the scale and multitude of services offered under a single roof were unsustainable, that no one management team or board of directors could possibly oversee its many arms. <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=abSpBnWBYnjk&amp;refer=home" target="_blank"><span style="color: #909d73">You were absolutely right</span></a>!</p>
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