Masters of the Universe?

It broke cover late in 2008. Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke eventually branded it “The Great Recession.”

As the myth goes, Fed Chair Bernanke, Sec. of Treasury Hank Paulson, his right-hand man Neel Kashkari, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senator Christopher Dodd — and the rest of The Masters of the Universe — stepped up to save us from total economic disaster with what they called a “break the glass” rescue.

“…they told us that unless we acted, the financial system of this country an...