My guest today is Sam Polk, a former wall street banker who walked away after making millions. Today, Polk runs a non-profit to help the poor understand nutrition. However, his op-ed is definitely controversial.

The topic is his op-ed For The Love of Money.

In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:

The intensity surrounding the reaction to Polk’s op-ed piece
Reactions from friends and colleagues about the article
Envy and jealousy in the Wall Street world
Polk’s background and life growing up
Filtering cultural messages
The line between individual responsibility and being part of a system
Crony capitalism
Power dynamics
The mythology of risk-taking in America
The solution for the investment banks out there
Polk’s non-profit which he runs today

Jump in!

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I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show.

To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/

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