SOROS ON THE FINANCIAL TSUNAMI.

[chimper]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/11/business/11soros.html?_r=2&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

At the age of 77, Mr. Soros, one the world’s most successful investors and richest men, leapt out of retirement last summer to safeguard his fortune and legacy. Alarmed by the unfolding crisis in the financial markets, he once again began trading for his giant hedge fund — and won big while so many others lost.

Mr. Soros has always been a controversial figure. But he is becoming more so with a new, dire forecast for the world economy. Last week he rushed out a book, his 10th, warning that the financial pain has only just begun.

[ben_meyers]

1. I wonder how much Soros

and his ilk are behind a lot of this economic mess. He seems to thrive on the chaos, and he probably creates a lot of it.

[Hekate]

2. I think Soros rides this wave without creating the ocean. He has a good rep. nt

[murielm99]

3. Soros is only controversial because he supports

Democrats and leftists. Rich men are not supposed to do that.

[chimper]

4. Yeah.

Soros challengs the staus quo sometimes.

That's naughty.

[Orwellian_Ghost]

5. Soros is a criminal

In a sane world voracious capitalist predators like Soros would be flogged not quoted.