Do Leeches Produce Blood?

Now, try to take this image out your mind. This is how I see these banks in their current form. My question is, do leeches produce any blood? What value does a bloated financial sector has in the economy? I would say, it is a negative value.

Volker agrees with my take. (via NY Times):

“The question that really jumps out for me is, given all that data, whether the enormous gains in the financial sector — in compensation and profits — reflect the relative contributions that sector has made to the growth of human welfare,” Mr. Volcker said.

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“There is an expectation that very large and complicated financial institutions will not be allowed to fail,” he said. “Unless that conviction is shaken, the natural result is that risk-taking will be encouraged and in fact subsidized beyond reasonable limits.”

To answer the question posed in the title of this post – No! Leeches live off the blood of other animals!