Wow--you were there with a ringside seat (or actually in a corner of the ring) for US history. Pretty heady stuff for a young man.
I haven't seen The Boiler Room, but I've seen The Wolf of Wall Street, and the boiler room story arc of The Sopranos. Same vibe?
Michael Lewis is my favorite writer. He can make sense of anything, and also make it funny, and short enough to read in a weekend. His book on the pandemic response was dead on (and sobering as hell).
Thanks for the comment, Bruce. I didn’t mention it in the piece but I’ve read that at the time one of every five men in Little Rock worked for a bond house. Boiler Room is among the most accurate depictions of how we operated in Arkansas’s financial ecosystem that I’ve come across. It features a young Vin Diesel and Ben Affleck. Definitely worth checking out.
Very interesting. I have a friend who I think is your age (5 or so years older than I, I'm guessing) from the Arkansas Delta who is in finance. He's in LA; last I heard was working for an outfit that finances and develops affordable housing.
It wouldn’t surprise me. And yes, those two are the worst. I barely lasted a week on Nextdoor. We have a small business so unfortunately using FB is unavoidable.
I used to think that when more information was free flowing that people would be easier duped. Now I know that the problem is not the information, but the people.
Wow--you were there with a ringside seat (or actually in a corner of the ring) for US history. Pretty heady stuff for a young man.
I haven't seen The Boiler Room, but I've seen The Wolf of Wall Street, and the boiler room story arc of The Sopranos. Same vibe?
Michael Lewis is my favorite writer. He can make sense of anything, and also make it funny, and short enough to read in a weekend. His book on the pandemic response was dead on (and sobering as hell).
Thanks for the comment, Bruce. I didn’t mention it in the piece but I’ve read that at the time one of every five men in Little Rock worked for a bond house. Boiler Room is among the most accurate depictions of how we operated in Arkansas’s financial ecosystem that I’ve come across. It features a young Vin Diesel and Ben Affleck. Definitely worth checking out.
Very interesting. I have a friend who I think is your age (5 or so years older than I, I'm guessing) from the Arkansas Delta who is in finance. He's in LA; last I heard was working for an outfit that finances and develops affordable housing.
Our free copy of the Epoch Times arrived yesterday, here in the Triangle area of NC. I'll share this info.
Wow. I guess the strategy is to flood the zone.
other swing states too perhaps? I wrote about it on NextDoor and Facebook, two websites I mostly avoid.
It wouldn’t surprise me. And yes, those two are the worst. I barely lasted a week on Nextdoor. We have a small business so unfortunately using FB is unavoidable.
I used to think that when more information was free flowing that people would be easier duped. Now I know that the problem is not the information, but the people.