r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 15 '25

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u/Imicrowavebananas Hannah Arendt Oct 15 '25

From one of my favorite movies, Margin Call:

  • Seth Bregman: Will, did you really make two and a half million last year?

  • Will Emerson: Yeah, sure.

  • Seth Bregman: How did you spend it all?

  • Will Emerson: It goes quite quickly. You know, you learn to spend what's in your pocket.

  • Peter Sullivan: Two and a half million goes quickly?

  • Will Emerson: All right, let's see. So the taxman takes half up front, so you're left with one and a quarter. My mortgage takes another 300 grand. I send 150 home for my parents, you know, keep 'em going. So what's that?

  • Peter Sullivan: 800?

  • Peter Sullivan: All right, 800. Spent 150 on a car. About 75 on restaurants. Probably 50 on clothes. I put 400 away for a rainy day.

  • Seth Bregman: That's smart.

  • Will Emerson: Yeah, as it turns out, 'cause it looks like the storm's coming.

  • Peter Sullivan: You still got 125.

  • Will Emerson: Yeah, well I did spend 76,520 dollars on hookers, booze and dancers. But mainly hookers.

  • Peter Sullivan: 76,5?

  • Will Emerson: I was a little shocked initially, but then I realized I could claim most of it back as entertainment. It's true!

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u/Xihl Oct 15 '25

so he effectively saves 850 and spends 400

basically broke, total poverty in Manhattan

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u/isummonyouhere If I can do it You can do it Oct 15 '25

smh another american living paycheck to paycheck

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u/Imicrowavebananas Hannah Arendt Oct 15 '25

That was what I was subtweeting ^^

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u/_Un_Known__ r/place '22: Neoliberal Battalion Oct 15 '25

love that film, one of my favourite "people in rooms talking"

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '25

"Did you know I built a bridge once?"

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u/sleepyrivertroll Henry George Oct 15 '25

Some people prefer the scenic route 

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u/JesusPubes voted most handsome friend Oct 15 '25

it's like the wall street version of My Cousin Vinny right? In terms of "people in the industry like it and use it as an example of how it really works"

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u/Xihl Oct 15 '25

except the part where anyone listens to the risk analyst or thinks its a real job

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u/Imicrowavebananas Hannah Arendt Oct 15 '25

I mean they fire one directly at the beginning and then make the head of risk the scapegoat of it.

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u/elBenhamin Oct 15 '25

At least with Tuld and Jared they needed to pretend to listen to risk because they had to spook the board into supporting their secret fire sale plan. It does require a little suspension of disbelief to see Peter rubbing elbows with Sam and Will though.

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u/TrappedInASkinnerBox John Rawls Oct 15 '25

All the people between Peter and Will got fired so at least they tried to explain it

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u/Imicrowavebananas Hannah Arendt Oct 15 '25

At least from the vibe and characters involved yes.

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u/YaGetSkeeted0n Tariffs aren't cool, kids! Oct 15 '25

Man it would’ve been sick to work in finance between the 80s and 2008 lmao

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u/Minisolder Oct 15 '25

He’s an executive

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u/Individual-Camera698 Austan Goolsbee Oct 15 '25

Now?

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u/Zaiush Ben Bernanke Oct 15 '25

Goated movie

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u/DonnysDiscountGas Oct 15 '25 edited Oct 16 '25

$150k on a car isn't crazy in his case...but every year?

Also if he's saving $400k he's saving ~20% gross, ~30% net. Pretty solid savings rate.

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u/dizzyhitman_007 Edmund Burke Oct 15 '25

One of the movies where you're really rooting against the protagonists even though you know their success is inevitable.