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The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap Highlight

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That no one can post 40 percent returns for fifteen years without cheating is blatantly obvious to everyone on Wall Street, but instead of sounding the general alarm, the almost universal reaction of the world financial media has been to celebrate the genius of such miracle investors with worshipful profiles. (At least until Cohen was finally nailed by regulators many years after the Fairfax episode.)

— Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple

Replicated under Fair Use from The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi and Molly Crabapple. (Pg. 260)