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“The premise of accepting a job at an investment bank is the understanding that you are "rewarded" for the risk of taking on a job that is not a career but rather a "financial relationship" where you must be worth more than what you are being paid today.”

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“Hegemony is not only hard work but also boastful.”

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“For years, we have been told that bankers were paid so much because they were cleverer than the rest of us. Now, it turns out you were not clever at all, and we are all suffering for your stupidity.”

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“Investment banks are pressured to create hype and stimulate "investor appetite.”

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“Wall Street's contradictory approach to shareholder value and bull markets sets the stage for a financial crisis.”

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“Investment banking practices promoted a surge of predatory lending to originate loans and created a market for buying bonds based on them.”

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