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Mortgage Bonus Breakdown

The NYT examines the role that bonuses played in the financial breakdown.

Amanda Dobbins
by Amanda Dobbins

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nytimes.com

This chart compares the bonuses in the fixed-income division of Merrill Lynch to its profits as a whole. Summary: it pays to totally fuck up the financial system.

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