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Related: About this forumDaily Show extended interviewwith Michael Lewis on his new book Flash Boys and the story behind it.
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Daily Show extended interviewwith Michael Lewis on his new book Flash Boys and the story behind it. (Original Post)
applegrove
Apr 2014
OP
They have tons of people working round the clock to figure this stuff out.
Benton D Struckcheon
Apr 2014
#3
elleng
(131,129 posts)1. He was on Charlie Rose last night,
for the hour.
elfin
(6,262 posts)2. Charlie Rose had him on for the hour last night
Lewis is a cool guy. He did say that no matter how you try to regulate the big banks and finance industry, they have always found a work around to keep up the huge money.
Discouraging.
Benton D Struckcheon
(2,347 posts)3. They have tons of people working round the clock to figure this stuff out.
And they are paid handsomely to do it. So yeah, he's right about that.
applegrove
(118,793 posts)4. He said Wall Street should be considerably smaller. That we didn't need
all those bankers running around trying to make themselves valuable.
Benton D Struckcheon
(2,347 posts)5. Well, that's very true.
We did a lot better back in the Sixties when Wall Street and the banks were peripheral. We need to get back to that.
applegrove
(118,793 posts)6. Yup. Made sense to me.