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The deeper human meanings of Wall Street: Some eccentric thoughts for Princetonians

Written by , Guest Columnist
Published: Thursday, February 28th, 2008
A goodly number of Princeton students plan to work on Wall Street. Virtually all of these students would attribute "the Street's" current wild ride to some usual configuration of purely economic factors. This is what they learn in their classes ...(back to the article)

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    10:38 p.m. on March 3rd, 2008
    Posted by Marvin L Foushee

    http://www.fms.treas.gov/gold/current.html Ever since Henry Paulson, former assistant to John Ehrlichman during the Nixon administration, took over the Treasury Department, the United States Gold Report has been unaudited and unreported. What if all the Fortune 500 companies refused to publish their yearly or quarterly reports. Stocks would be worthless. I am sure that there are some probable causes and probable good reasons why Henry Paulson and the other Christian Scientists in the George W Bush administration are not reporting and auditing the nation's gold reserves, but for the life of me, I don't know why. Are they trying to start a stock market collapse in the marketplace before the elections? Chaos Theory says that people will gravitate toward the expected, the norm, during a crisis. A change for the positive would be construed as a change for the negative under adverse circumstances and chaos. Which candidate for President wants a new 9/11 Commission convened? Let us get back to the root development of the Republican's Chaos Theory and how it was implemented.

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    9:17 p.m. on March 3rd, 2008
    Posted by Marvin L Foushee

    Throw away your spreadsheets for Louis's nosegay and a walk in an African park. How delightful! At one point in the discussion I thought that Louis was going to discuss negative personal savings as one of the ills of the financial markets, but I was, alas, mistaken.

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    3:33 p.m. on Feb. 29th, 2008
    Posted by Almost Says Something, But Not Really

    stop with the mindless retorts. if you're going to get defensive just because you're working at a bank after graduation like everyone else, cut the sarcasm and present something.

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    10:33 p.m. on Feb. 28th, 2008
    Posted by Idiot Slave

    Thank you for enlightening me Lous. I've clearly been totally mistaken about what I really want in life, and I need you to inform me!

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    8:10 p.m. on Feb. 28th, 2008
    Posted by Thank God For The Private Sector

    Just the sort of drivel that drives talent away from academia.

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    11:30 a.m. on Feb. 28th, 2008
    Posted by Not An Elitist Too

    Please O educated one, stop me before I purchase again!

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    8:29 a.m. on Feb. 28th, 2008
    Posted by Bizarre Statement

    "We are what we buy. There is nothing controversial about this assertion." Huh? Am I missing something?

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