Board of Directors at Work

Jeremy Bentham, the utilitarian economist and one of the founders of University College in London, "had himself stuffed, and on occasions was wheeled into meetings of the board of trustees where he was recorded as present but not voting."

Here he is, hard at work:

Photo by Jerry Pournelle.

One can't help but believe he would have done a better job than many members of the Boards of our most distinguished contemporary financial institutions.