Editors note: The author submitted this just days before he lost his job. What is ironic about this "rant," as Bruman puts it, is that it was written seven years ago. Do we never learn?

Recent months have brought disturbing news about the U.S. economy, the stock market, and business leadership in general. While some people try to blame it on an apparent moral decay on the part of our financial watchdogs and business leaders, I am here to say it’s not all their fault.