There are angels and demons in every domain, and many heroes emerged to bring order to a collapsing system, while others, such as Jesse Livermore, shorted the collapsing system to make $100 million in a single day. For most, they were just trying to figure it out day by day.

As with all the great classics, they are classics for a reason, too often wasted on young people in school who cannot appreciate the lessons; they simply have not had enough life to live, to suffer, to grow, to understand viscerally. We agreed - which we seldom do on other topics - This is a masterpiece.