Reading the story, it seems to me that had he succeed in controling the central bank, he would be a celebrated successful businessman and Portugal would have be

Reading the story, it seems to me that had he succeed in controling the central bank, he would be a celebrated successful businessman and Portugal would have been much better off. I also find it interesting that the people who caused his downfalls were acting legally but, in my view, were at least as morally corrupt as him. They were poweful, rich men using their power, political ties, their journals and journalist to vilify them and acting to protect their monopolies. It just reinforces the fact that law, right and wrong are not very well tied together. They're mostly there to keep the status quo for the elite.