Our economy is in the midst of a beautiful metamorphosis, turning from a simple caterpillar into a dead caterpillar” - so went Jon Stewart’s decidedly literary opening (giving Franz Kafka a run for his money as far as transformations go) during this week’s installment of The Daily Show.

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