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> there is no evidence that the incidence of suicide by young professionals on Wall Street is higher than in any other industry. Doesn't this undermine the pre
by asimilator 11y ago
> there is no evidence that the incidence of suicide by young professionals on Wall Street is higher than in any other industry.
Doesn't this undermine the premise of the article? The deaths are tragic, but if the suicide rate of Wall Street professionals is no higher than normal how can the suicides be tied to the "grueling pace" as opposed to whatever causes suicide in the general population?
- pm90 11y agoFor one thing, the people that work on Wall Street are highly educated, mostly Ivy League types (from the article). I guess the premise is that if you were smart/rich enough to get that, society expected you to succeed spectacularly, not jump to your death. i.e. the expectation is that the suicide rate be negligible.
- dredmorbius 11y agoNumeracy and journalism aren't exactly bossom buddies.