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Re:Stop Building Apps and Start Disrupting Industries by mikekarnj on Monday May 16, 2011 @11:18AM (#2552782)
The derivatives market is an arbitrary market where money just moves from one place to another.

Real engineers build things like bridges and websites. Bankers build dreams and leverage the shit out of it to put the whole country in debt.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-great-american...

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Re:Stop Building Apps and Start Disrupting Industries by bdunbar on Monday May 16, 2011 @03:35PM (#2553849)
Real engineers build things like bridges and websites. Bankers build dreams and leverage the shit out of it to put the whole country in debt.

Without banking you can't have infrastructure: no financing, no cement, no salaries, one can't acquire land.

Shorter: you can't boot strap a bridge.

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Re:Stop Building Apps and Start Disrupting Industries by swombat on Monday May 16, 2011 @11:21AM (#2552791)
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