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Mixed
It's only regrettable when some of those people get bailed out by our tax dollars when they lose on their bets.
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Mixed
Not... intrinsically anyway. There are plenty of people with jobs where money manipulation is difficult and requires true work and expertise.
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Turi5y ago
It feels like this argument hinges on whether the work is productive rather than difficult, though. I also think investors can do tremendously valuable work.
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rabidfox4y ago
Even if we are talking about a CEO here one bad financial decision could ruin the company. Anyone can invest in a company its not all these greedy fat cats, they also make calculated risks and don't just throw it down the drain.
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Middlemen are necessary in economics for efficiency. If they weren’t necessary those jobs wouldn’t exist
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