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Re:Nassim Taleb: End Bonuses For Bankers by rhizome on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @06:06PM (#3213334)
Well, it used to be that banks were prohibited from taking risks. 100 years ago banking was a boring job.
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Re:Nassim Taleb: End Bonuses For Bankers by FJim on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @07:11PM (#3213551)
In fact 100 years ago it was quite the opposite.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panic_of_1907

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Re:Nassim Taleb: End Bonuses For Bankers by weeksie on Tuesday November 08, 2011 @06:48PM (#3213471)
Try 30 years ago.
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