"...The best and the brightest will continue to head to Wall Street"

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...without a cultural shift and reforms that rein in the financial industry's sky-high profits and salaries, a disproportionate number of the best and the brightest will continue to head to Wall Street.</p>

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<p>America's</a> 'Brain Drain': Best And Brightest College Grads Head For Wall Street</p>

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<p>Where “should” the best and the brighest go?</p>

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<p>Politics, one would hope. We could use “the best and brightest” in the government.</p>

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<p>Sakky please get off your high horse already. Most kids want to get paid so they go to finance. I don’t see an issue whatsoever.</p>

<p>If politicians were paid on a commission or bonus structure based on the success of their tenure I guarantee we wouldn’t be facing half of the issues we are currently.</p>

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<p>How is it ‘my’ high horse? I didn’t write the article; I am simply telling people about its existence. If you don’t like the article, then take it up with the authors. </p>

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<p>Which is exactly what the article said. </p>

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<p>One obvious issue is regarding taxpayer bailouts. All finance salaries are being implicitly subsidized by the taxpayers through risk-shifting; when the finance sector does well, employees make huge bonuses; when the sector does poorly, we the taxpayers get stuck picking up the pieces. Unlimited upside, with the downside borne by us.</p>