The Privileges by Jonathon Dee presents an amorality tale that unfortunately is more fact than fiction. A well written story about a golden couple who hit it big illegally in the hedge fund racket, spend obscene amounts of money and never seem to reflect.
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2 Sentence Review: The Privileges by Jonathon Dee
For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Things have been looking grim lately. The global economic meltdown. Swine flu outbreaks. Can things get any worse? Yes, yes they can. Much worse. I never thought it would come to this, but there’s no denying it. Our worst fears have been realized. Truly, we are damned. – read. like. support. – Funny Headline...
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Want. Need. Crave.
Want. Need. Crave. Let me know if you need my mailing address.
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Student Loans: When Fake Money Turns Real
How many of you played with your student loans as if they were free money? Take a look at this story from Law.com: “Government Cracking Down on Unpaid Student Loans” The United States is filing a slew of civil lawsuits this month in federal court in Chicago against people who received government student loans,...
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Would you like to know what “financial crisis” means?
I know I did. If you have not listened to the This American Life Episode #365, I highly recommend it. It’s informative, impartial, and interesting. (iii reflects !!!) My favorite part of the program was the 2nd piece on credit default swaps. Ira tells* us that “one way to think about this product is...
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Humpty Dumpty, or Can Anybody Spot AIG $75 Billion or So?
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Well, shit. Fat chance I’ll get a job in New York now. In other news, the U.S. financial system appears to be imploding. The Dow was down 500...
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Nonpretentious: Your Home for Meltdown Madness
Well, it’s no catastrophe — yet. The Dow was down around 500 pts by the end of trading — it’s worst drop in 7 years. But we’re not out of the woods. When AIG goes under, there’s no telling how much farther it could go. Barring a miracle, AIG has a few days of...
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