In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000.

Book tours are almost designed to beat out of an author any affection he has for his book.

The institutions at the centre of capitalism are bigger than they've ever been, the pay is much greater, the ability of society to get its arms around it is much less. The political clout of the financial class is unbelievable. I'd say the story is darker than when I was there. When I was there it felt like a comedy - and now it feels more like a tragedy.

It is far better to keep the enemy close, by bribing him with stock options, than to have him out in the wild, foraging.

People don't like uncertainty, and their minds are tools for making sense of the world, even when the world is senseless.

All of a sudden the market is all about algos and routers.

In Bakersfield, California, a Mexican strawberry picker with an income of $14,000 and no English was lent every penny he needed to buy a house for $724,000.