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Ex-Wall Street Trader: End Bonuses!

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And instantly remove the incentive for risk.

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Leave it to the New York Times op-ed page to turn handwritten Occupy Wall Street signs into a well-argued policy essay. Former Wall Street trader Nassim Nicholas Taleb offers a simple fix to the financial system woes: outlaw bonuses in all too-big-to-fail institutions.

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