That's What Happens When You're Thirty-seven Years

The Model Used By Wall Street To Price Trillions Of Dollar's Worth Of Derivatives Thought Of The Financial World As An Orderly, Continuous Process. But The World Was Not Continuous; It Changed Discontinuously, And Often By Accident.

The Fuses Had Been Lit And Could Not Be Extinguished. All That Remained Was To Observe The Speed Of The Spark, And The Size Of The Explosions.

I Was Really Interested In A Pretty Simple Thing: What Happens When Someone Tries To Introduce Moral Considerations Into Wall Street, What Happens When Someone Wants To Actually Demand Of Himself And Those Who Work With Him That What They Do Is Not Just Profitable But Good And Useful.

The World Clings To Its Old Mental Picture Of The Stock Market Because It’s Comforting; Because It’s So Hard To Draw A Picture Of What Has Replaced It; And Because The Few People Able To Draw It For You Have No Interest In Doing So.

If You're The Kind Of Kid Who Thinks That All That's Important In Life Is Making Money, Wall Street Is Probably Still The Place To Go, Especially Now That Trump's Elected.