Comments on: The End: Michael Lewis Revisits Wall Street Swindling

By: Eileen

Eileen — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:42:03 +0000

@Dagobaz,
I hope you can see the Moon tonight. A cresent holding the cresent of the moon! There are stranger things happening in our world than finance. I hope that you find peace in your decisions, whatever they may be.

By: dagobaz

dagobaz — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 11:38:04 +0000

and to any and all:

THAT IS WHY I QUIT

By: tochigi

tochigi — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:18:42 +0000

@Loveandlight:
i think the article is very well written, so even if you are not that interested in the technicla details, the story is compelling and jigs very closely to what Kevin has told us of his own experiences. a scam from top to bottom and the Wall St. bosses didn’t have a clue about what kind of monster they were creating. as long as the money was flowing in they just didn’t give a fcuk.

By: Loveandlight

Loveandlight — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:02:46 +0000

@tochigi:

I started reading it but stalled out when it starting getting into that “financial stuff” that I’ve always had to struggle to understand. Then again, maybe it was just my candida-fatigue kicking in and making my attention-span and focus all lazy. Maybe I should try diving into it again sometime this coming week. But what I did read communicated to me pretty loudly and clearly that the financial markets of the post-80’s world were all just a big unwieldy scam that had to unwind in a pretty huge and scary way sooner or later.

By: tochigi

tochigi — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 06:20:50 +0000

i just spent a large chunk of my Sunday reading that article.
whoa. thanks for posting that.
that has got to be one of the best articles ever posted on cryptogon.
i cannot believe the author and many of the main people quoted do not read cryptogon. the “sausage” comment seems like an oblique reference to Kevin’s groundbreaking “chop shop” article.
for anyone interested in what is happening in the disastrous world of finance, i would recommend they read this article, very carefully.