windupstories.com - fiction by paolo bacigalupi » money http://windupstories.com fiction by paolo bacigalupi Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:37:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hedge funder, marijuana, crazy profits and good government http://windupstories.com/2008/10/21/hedge-funder-marijuana-crazy-profits-and-good-government/ http://windupstories.com/2008/10/21/hedge-funder-marijuana-crazy-profits-and-good-government/#comments Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:40:00 +0000 Paolo http://windupstories.com/?p=208 Great letter from a hedge fund manager who is quitting. This is what he sent out to his clients.

http://images.nymag.com/images/2/daily/2008/10/20081017_lahde.pdf

I always fantasized about getting absurdly rich and then walking away, but I always figured I’d die early, while I was still in the getting-absurdly-rich-and-also-miserable phase. It’s interesting too that he turns to a plea for common sense sustainability choices and improved government at the end. And the weed. Don’t forget the weed.

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