Scissors, paper, and pens were strewn across the carpet today when I came across this Frontline documentary, Age of Easy Money. The first thing that came to my mind at 0:17 was, Who is “we?” I wrote this based on the questions that arose for me within the first five minutes, so I don’t know if they get answered later in the documentary, but I felt the need to examine exactly who this “we” is. If we’re talking about financial markets, “we” doesn’t include me or the vast majority of individuals...

Scissors, paper, and pens were strewn across the carpet today when I came across this Frontline documentary, Age of Easy Money. The first thing that came to my mind at 0:17 was, Who is “we?” I wrote this based on the questions that arose for me within the first five minutes, so I don’t know if they get answered later in the documentary, but I felt the need to examine exactly who this “we” is. If we’re talking about financial markets, “we” doesn’t include me or the vast majority of individuals...