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People are pretty simple: they do what they are rewarded for doing. If they get multimillion-dollar bonuses by taking huge risks with other people's money - as they still do - then they will continue to take those huge risks, and not give it another thought.

William D. Cohan

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A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
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William D. Cohan

William D. Cohan

Born: February 20, 1960 (age 65)
Bio: William David Cohan is an American business writer. He was an investigative reporter for the Raleigh Times. He then worked on Wall Street for seventeen years as a mergers and acquisitions banker. He spent six years at Lazard Frères in New York, then Merrill Lynch & Co.
Known for:
  1. House of Cards (2009)
  2. Money and Power (2011)
  3. Why Wall Street Matters (2017)

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