Den gamla sovjetiska kulturen lämnade också sina tidigare medborgare konstigt förberedda för Wall Street i början av det tjugoförsta århundradet. Den sovjetkontrollerade ekonomin var hemsk och komplicerad men gick med kryphål. Allt var knappt; Allt var också getTable, om du visste hur du skulle få det. Vi hade detta system i sjuttio år, sa Constantine. Människor lär sig att arbeta runt systemet. Ju mer du odlar en klass människor som vet hur man arbetar runt systemet, desto fler människor kommer du att ha som vet hur man gör det bra. Hela Sovjetunionen i sjuttio år var människor som är skickliga på att arbeta runt systemet.

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(The old Soviet culture also left its former citizens oddly prepared for Wall Street in the early twenty-first century. The Soviet-controlled economy was horrible and complicated but riddled with loopholes. Everything was scarce; everything was also gettable, if you knew how to get it. We had this system for seventy years, said Constantine. People learn to work around the system. The more you cultivate a class of people who know how to work around the system, the more people you will have who know how to do it well. All of the Soviet Union for seventy years were people who are skilled at working around the system.)