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Day 1,310: red tape, vice



Investment banking combines the drawbacks of a regulated activity (capital requirements and red tape) with the vices of a speculative one (volatility and capture by employees).



Artwork of the day 
The Supreme Vice
Felicien Rops
Date: 1883
Style: Symbolism
Genre: allegorical painting

Word of the day 
red tape: official rules and processes that seem unnecessary and delay results
vice: a moral fault or weakness in someone's character; bad habit 

Quote of the day
Red tape has killed more people than bullets...”
― Ben Bova, Millennium

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