That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 20, 2012

Will it all tumble into a jumble?

“and I call this one ‘Lehman Brothers’, and this one ‘Goldman Sachs’, and this one ‘AIG’ . . . "

But all the World Financial Markets support each other!Oh, hang on, I think I see the problem …

Any chance she knew one day this painting would be on a website with a dark humor caption? and eLearners.com touting Bible Degrees? I say, yes. . ..

Martha Stewart, the early years.

That’s a much more stable financial structure than some I’ve seen recently. Kid really is a prodigy.

Her mom is stacked too.

It’s stable until the other kids start trying to help or trying to knock it down.

until that model is knocked down by politicians, terrorist groups, or greed.

Enlarged (click to enlarge even more, diameter of original is about 14.6") available from here. Children (this painting, of a girl playing with dominoes, is the last of the to be continued paintings) were a common theme of this revered Swiss artist. So far, 3 works by this artist have appeared in Mr. Melcher’s blog.

she looks to me to be thinking a little on the top. economics will do that to you.

She’ll be fine if regulators would just stay out of the way, right?

@Dogsniff, I guess no one else can see those are dominos (not cards). Many I’ve had were not very sharp corners, which might make stacking them difficult. I did not have many toys but I remember using them for walls and marbles for the people. I think I may have used my parent’s Majong blocks (ivory and bamboo).

And this is Italy….

I thought this was a Survivor challenge.

For a truer model of the economy she should have made a house of cards…

Wow! Great caption.

enlarged here, if you tap it http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/anker_albert.htmlI have to find them myself. The dominoes that my X and friends gambled with came in a wooden box like that.

Dominos vobiscum!

Thanks Arch and as to Joe and Simon, There is nothing Italianate or liturgical about it (Not even the setting or clothing).

Et cum Spirito Tuo.

Here is another painting by him.