The Scrooge McDuck Myth
Economy • March 2009 • Views: 355
The McDuck myth is appealing: A greedy, selfish, short-sighted villain with a stockpile of (ill gotten) cash. Someone we can both blame and make pay for society’s failures. Suction cash out of the Money Bin and fix the economy in a half hour (minus commercial breaks). It is natural to think like this: that’s why Disney cartoons are written that way. But reality is not a children’s show.