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Posts tagged as “Hubris”

Where’s MY Bailout?

Ok, so there are at least 100 jobs directly or indirectly dependent on my being kept financially viable. I am just TOO BIG TO FAIL. So its time that I get MY Bailout from the government. I don’t need too much, a simple $1M will do for now. That’s about the same ratio as the amount being asked for by…

Great Story on Shorting the Financial Apocalypse

An amazing article about those who saw the financial apocalypse coming and actually shorted the whole thing. The End by Michael Lewis Nov 11 2008 The era that defined Wall Street is finally, officially over. Michael Lewis, who chronicled its excess in Liar’s Poker, returns to his old haunt to figure out what went wrong. Photoillustration by: Ji Lee -snip- On July…