52 Shades of Greed

52 Shades of Greed is not your average deck of cards. It’s way hotter than that.

Brought to you by a team of professional illustrators and the Alt Banking group at Occupy Wall Street, 52 Shades of Greed is a deck of playing cards bearing illustrations of the people and financial institutions whose lust for money took the rest of us for a steamy car ride toward economic collapse. Ever seen Dick Fuld or the infamous Kathryn Wylde at work? These cards hold nothing back, depicting even those awkward financial instruments you can’t believe anyone invented. Ever heard of a Collateralized Debt Obligation? Well…if you’ve never ended up on the side of town where these are bought and sold, this deck will provide a picture. An actual picture, drawn by a pro.

Everyone will be talking about the 52 Shades of Greed because we all wanna know who screwed us and how they did it. And we want pictures. The cards will direct the curious to a website to get the dirty details on each Shade of Greed. We believe that educating people is the first step towards turning that steamy car ride around. We need to know what’s going on before we can stop it.

The money we raise will pay for the production of the cards, including a stipend for each artist. Our plan is to print 1000 decks and distribute them at S17, the anniversary of the September 17th Day of Action. Everyone fueling the project with at least a $25 contribution will get a deck. We would like to raise enough to enable us to stage events related to art and financial education.

Fundraiser: http://www.rockethub.com/projects/10224-52-shades-of-greed
Gallery: http://52shadesofgreed.com/
Hash tag: #52shadesofgreed