A conceptual sand trap… “…it is not going to be easy for us to dig ourselves out of the hole we are in.” Barack Obama “We’ll dig our way out!” Homer Simpson Our economy is a hole that covers us. Metaphors Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit [...]

Building a bigger, better hole… Many observers have noticed an awful lot of metaphors are being used to describe the current American financial crisis. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, the Metaphor Observatory opined that this surge of metaphor was a response to the fact that nobody could understand the situation. As [...]

Here are a few choice descriptions of the financial crisis in America, as told through metaphor and analogy. We’ll keep adding to the list as they come up. Word of Mouth “Homeowners are the innocent bystanders in a drive-by shooting by Wall Street and Washington.”Presidential Candidate John McCain “I used the phrase a tsunami, this [...]