# Why Are Bankers So Rich?

<http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/12/why-are-bankers-so-rich>

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## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words)

Tyler Cowen has a big piece about income inequality in The American Interest that's well worth reading. However, it's not really about the growth of inequality. It's about Wall Street. In particular, it's about this question: why do financial professionals make so damn much money?

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