Ao nome prins read a little but i don't know what would you replace it with. You're going to have corrupt people in any system. And the question is, how do you structure the system to can we both agree, like mutually, likean i believe that you don't want corruption. Can you believe that i don't want corrton o o, agree on that? Yes. That's a fair point. But everytime you also see how if you get rid of the banker andyou replace it with, i don’t know what will happen. I mean, this idea, i think there's a lot more perversity. It's just
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As a $60 billion a year investment bank engaged in market making and asset management for equities, fixed income, commodity and derivative securities for large institutional clients, Goldman Sachs, having been founded in 1869, is arguably the world’s most recognizable name on Wall Street. Known for attracting some of the best financial talent, it is both respected and feared, in some cases being accused of “ripping their clients off” in the relentless pursuit of profits. Defenders of firms like Goldman Sachs make a big deal about how they’re instrumental in the efficient allocation of (financial) capital, but one could argue the concentration of highly intelligent and motivated individuals operating what amounts to a glorified casino is a gross misallocation of human capital, robbing other critical sectors of talent that would otherwise have gone to engineering real solutions, not financial ones.
