Street Smarts

The real reason the financial system almost collapsed… smart guys.

“Did you ever hear the word ‘derivatives’?” he said. “Do you think our guys could have invented, say, credit default swaps? Give me a break! They couldn’t have done the math.”

October 14, 2009 ·

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