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The Institutions At The Centre Of Capitalism Are Bigger Than They've Ever Been, The Pay Is Much Greater, The Ability Of Society To Get Its Arms Around It Is Much Less. The Political Clout Of The Financial Class Is Unbelievable. I'd Say The Story Is Darker Than When I Was There. When I Was There It Felt Like A Comedy - And Now It Feels More Like A Tragedy.

People In Both Fields Operate With Beliefs And Biases. To The Extent You Can Eliminate Both And Replace Them With Data, You Gain A Clear Advantage.

Just Because You've Been Successful And Just Because You've Disrupted An Environment, Doesn't Mean You're A Role Model Or That You Actually Have Anything To Teach Anybody. There's An Awful Lot Of Luck And Accident In The World, And Maybe You Were Just On The Receiving End Of That.

I Didn't Think One Day Something Would Happen That Would Bring Me Back To Wall Street To Write What Is Essentially A Sequel.

They [some Countries] Borrowed Money To Go Acquire Things, Indian Power Plants And Danish Newspapers And British Soccer Teams. And They Did It Willy-nilly, And They Themselves A Story, That Icelandic History And Culture And Dna Leaves Us Very Well-suited To Being Investment Bankers.