In an ideal world, one populated by vegetarians and Esperanto speakers, derivatives would be used for one thing … - John Lanchester

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In an ideal world, one populated by vegetarians and Esperanto speakers, derivatives would be used for one thing only: reducing levels of risk. The list of individual traders who have lost more than a billion dollars at a time betting on derivatives is not short.

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