Yesterday, I heard this great story on NPR, Wall Streeters Weigh Life After “Giant Pool of Money.” (By the way, I highly recommend last year’s NPR/This American Life story, The Giant Pool of Money in which they explain things like subprime mortgage securitization in understandable ways.)
During the height of the financial boom, a young mortgage broker named Glen was living what many would describe as “the good life.” Still in his 20s, Glen was earning six figures every month and partying like a rock-star – velvet ropes, Cristal, and all.
While it might lack the immediate appeal to adults or older kids that, say, 
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