Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room background creation
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Christy 2022-04-22 07:01:47
When the brightest minds in the country become obsessed with the magic of finance, disaster is not far away. The real economy is the power of national revitalization, and financial assistance to the real economy should not be an empty phrase, but it is up to all parties to implement it. The magic of finance is the devil. Transferring future profits to the present is a kind of magic that "turns a stone into gold", but the most shocking and reflective thing is that when everyone (banks, lawyers, firms) are in Are you brave enough to reveal the emperor's new clothes when the ship is "digging gold"?
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Colten 2022-03-19 09:01:07
While the ship is sinking, God's away on business.
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room quotes
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Kenneth Lay: [Q&A session with employees] All right, we are down to questions. And I got a few up here.
[reads question from the floor]
Kenneth Lay: 'I would like to know if you are on crack, if so that would explain a lot. If not, you may want to start because it's going to be a long time before we trust you again.'
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Jeffrey Skilling: Oh I can't help myself. You know what the difference between the state of California and Titanic? And this is being webcast, and I know I'm going to regret this - at least when the Titanic went down, the lights were on.