'52 Shades Of Greed': The Best-Looking Thing To Come Out Of The Financial Crisis

Remember the so-called "banking crisis" of 2008? The one where a handful of clever investment bankers stole billions of dollars from ordinary people — and got away with it?

To make sure we don't forget, 27 artists made this awesome deck of cards, each representing a different culprit.

This is just 12 of them. After you've shared it with your friends, you can head over to 52ShadesOfGreed.com to see the rest.

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Remember the so-called "banking crisis" of 2008? The one where a handful of clever investment bankers stole billions of dollars from ordinary people — and got away with it?

To make sure we don't forget, 27 artists made this awesome deck of cards, each representing a different culprit.

This is just 12 of them. After you've shared it with your friends, you can head over to 52ShadesOfGreed.com to see the rest.

Joe Cassano: AIG Executive
Hank Paulson: Treasury Secretary
Erin Callan: CFO, Lehman Brothers
Regulatory Capture: Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
Regulatory Capture: Treasury
Moral Hazard: The Revolving Door
Toxic Methods: Shorting Against Your Clients
Toxic Institutions: Goldman Sachs
Toxic Laws: Erosion and End of Glass-Steagall
Toxic Institutions: Magnetar
Toxic Institutions: AIG
Kathryn Wylde: Deputy Chair of NY Fed Board of Directors
ORIGINAL: Sent our way by illustrator Marc Scheff, who organized the project alongside Daniel Nyari.
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