tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post2505684821174104652..comments2024-03-14T09:50:44.315+00:00Comments on Psychological comments: Generational conflictAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-50758867049112211492014-07-06T08:42:03.533+01:002014-07-06T08:42:03.533+01:00Dear Steve, That made me laugh! I should see more ...Dear Steve, That made me laugh! I should see more movies and sitcoms. As to Madoff, astounding how easy it was for him to defraud people, just by making himself appear hard to invest with, and by suggesting, not particularly subtly, that he had some sort of unfair and possibly illegal insider knowledge of the American exchanges. All this of course shows my great superiority as an investor, if only I can forget the Equitable Assurance Society going bust with a large chunk of my pension, and then years later the Royal Bank of Scotland going bust with a large chunk of what remained of my pension. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09320614837348759094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4624586630299165335.post-50169994699387209212014-07-06T07:21:08.258+01:002014-07-06T07:21:08.258+01:00"For example, if you are a bright young thing..."For example, if you are a bright young thing and applied for a job with Lehman Brothers on 14 September 2008 you would have received an unpleasant surprise the following day,"<br /><br />That was the first scene in the now canceled sit-com "Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23." Nice, determined June from the Midwest shows up with her MBA for her first day at her dream job on Wall Street, but after 30 seconds the feds break in and haul the CEO, Bernie Madoff, away in chains while underlings set fire to files and her now unemployed supervisor advises her "Switch to Looting mode!"Steve Sailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920109042402850214noreply@blogger.com