Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.
1 min readJul 18, 2023

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Great discussion Lynn. I was always intrigued by the Myers Briggs. I could never understand why I always tested as an INTJ (the rare CEO psychopathic type), but had no interest in being anyone's boss. As for the movie THE BIG SHORT, yes it was more than a bit overdramatized, as it did not take a Ph.D. in economics to see an insane bubble forming. The book was much better, with much more interesting characters. As for Short Selling, it involves selling stocks you don't really own, yet. It can push a viable firm into free fall. At different times it has been illegal. And some of the short sellers (not portrayed necessarily in the movie) that made a killing were actually allowed to hand pick the piles of shitty mortgages for the banks to package and sell, and then short whole mess. Anti-heroes, more like insider traders deluxe. A much better film is THE INSIDE JOB.

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Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.
Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.

Written by Greg Daneke, Emeritus Prof.

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