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The Rich Have Feelings, Too

By Tom Wolfe · Vanity Fair · August 2009
The Rich Have Feelings, Too
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"Losing billions is stressful, and the brave financiers who risk other people’s money need a way to cool out—hopping on the GV, say, for a bimbo-boffing weekend in the Bahamas. Thanks to the bailout, that’s history. The author imagines one fictional highflier’s shock as he rejoins the commercial-aviation herd."

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