The Wild Wild World of Wealth |
"My job is the occupation formerly known as 'stockbroker.' But it has been years since anyone called me that. Stockbroker sounds oily. Glengarry Glen Ross. The word makes clients twitch..."
Norb Vonnegut | January 3, 2010
New York’s Resolutions
This morning, The New York Times reported New Year’s resolutions from a few prominent New Yorkers. Here’s what Eliot Spitzer had to say:
I would love to see investment bankers actually do God’s work.
Do we have any idea what qualifies as “God’s work?” Especially on Wall Street where everybody tries to destroy each other? I’ll [...]
Norb Vonnegut | November 16, 2009
I’ve been fuming about Spitzer’s lecture ever since his appearance in Cambridge. I’m a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Business School, love the university and hope we clobber Yale in this weekend’s football game. It bugs me, however, that my alma mater awarded Client Nine a bully pulpit to reinvent his image. With a lecture on ethics, no less.
