Bailed-out banksters complain (vaguely) that restricting bonuses causes their talent to flee, but Bloomberg nails down where they're going: Nomura and Barclays. Derek Thompson feels some sympathy for the poor devils - after all, a talent exodus will hurt taxpayer-owned institutions - but figures a solution may be to make the bailed-out firms back into retail banks where the brain drain is less likely. [View news story]
"Talent" moves from the US to some other location. BFD, its not like these guys are patriots working to build our society. They're just larder rats; so it doesn't matter where they nest.
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"Talent" moves from the US to some other location. BFD, its not like these guys are patriots working to build our society. They're just larder rats; so it doesn't matter where they nest.
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All Comments by zorrow »Bailed-out banksters complain (vaguely) that restricting bonuses causes their talent to flee, but Bloomberg nails down where they're going: Nomura and Barclays. Derek Thompson feels some sympathy for the poor devils - after all, a talent exodus will hurt taxpayer-owned institutions - but figures a solution may be to make the bailed-out firms back into retail banks where the brain drain is less likely. [View news story]