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> From his sitting room in Kalyves, Zombanakis can see the house where he grew up. He says he sometimes struggles to recognize the modern world of investment ba
by sean_patel 10y ago
> From his sitting room in Kalyves, Zombanakis can see the house where he grew up. He says he sometimes struggles to recognize the modern world of investment banking, where traders take home multimillion-pound bonuses and cheat their clients at the drop of a hat.
> “Back then the market was small and run by a few gentlemen,” Zombanakis says. “We took it for granted that gentlemen wouldn’t try to manipulate things like that. But as the market was getting bigger, you couldn’t trust it. You couldn’t control it.
> Banking now is like a prostitution racket run by pimps. There’s just too much money involved.”
This.