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Mary Childs, "The Bond King: How One Man Made a Market, Built an Empire, and Lost It All" (Flatiron Books, 2021)

New Books in Finance

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Do People Who End Up Rich and Famous Exhibit Excessive Petty Behavior?

Bills' pettiness and eccentric behavior was there throughout his career. He knew rationally that this made no sense, but emotionally, he seemed to seek out fame as a proxy for love. After so long of being so rich and famous, the way you interact with people changes. It's not interesting or exciting when it's me, you know, cause i'm not a millionaire. But it's him, he has the means to kind of wage war against whoever has wronged him,. And another point too is that there is a psychological change.

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