Nick Shaxson ■ Quote of the day – is this why so many bankers are rich?
The quote of the day comes from the widely read financial blog Stumbling and Mumbling, via FT Alphaville, and it goes like this:
“Bankers go home with big money for the same reason zookeepers go home with shit on their boots: if there’s a lot of stuff around, some of it will stick to you.”
And that could apply to offshore finance, of course. And accountancy. And . . .
There’s more to high remuneration than this, of course: read on.
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