Though the stock market dominates our culture, there is a strange spirit of denial that has led observers to believe that each bailout or refinancing was the end of the trouble.

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Labour leader Ed Miliband said the pay increases were part of a "something for nothing" culture, since the stock market had not risen to match them.

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He purposely and deliberately created a culture at Facebook that was dismissive of the stock market and the responsibilities of being a publicly-traded company.

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