Nassim Taleb: End Bonuses For Bankers

Re:Nassim Taleb: End Bonuses For Bankers by nickik on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @06:54PM (#3218144)

Well who would you put in chail? The people that plaid the system to make a better salery? Why everbody does that, people just want to get ahead, its human nature (evolution).

The people that bought the realastate the couldn't efford? Well the state wanted people to buy realastate and everbody knew the prices cant go down.

If I would have to blaim one person, it would be alan greenspan (read up on the "greenspan put" and what he did after 2000) but I would put him into chail for it. If we would put everybody behind bars because the did a bad job half the world would be there.

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Re:Nassim Taleb: End Bonuses For Bankers by kahawe on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @10:11PM (#3218691)

Very easy: everyone who had a significant role to play in this, starting at the very top of each institution - going for the people RESPONSIBLE and not necessarily the low traders and sales drones who were just following orders. Going for decision makers, those who actually made this possible.

You could probably just as well do it by millions of bonus paid out.

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Re:Nassim Taleb: End Bonuses For Bankers by nasmorn on Thursday November 10, 2011 @04:24AM (#3219523)

My brother once proposed a very easy solution. For each billion in bail out money someone has to do a year in prison. This is distributed equitably through the board of directors.

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Re:Nassim Taleb: End Bonuses For Bankers by nickik on Thursday November 10, 2011 @09:01AM (#3220038)

Well then the would not take the bailout. Witch in my view would be good so "I like it".

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