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Comic #3741: a-new-kind-of-robin-hood

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Panel 1: Person 1: "How'd you get so much money, quantitative finance Robin Hood? I've never seen you robbing from the rich."

Panel 2: Person 2: "I created the most complex financial instrument in history when I paid people to take an asset."

Panel 3: Person 1: "You paid people to take an asset?"

Panel 4: Person 2: "Seems like a solid deal for them, right?"

Panel 5: Person 1: "But the instrument was so complex that they couldn't determine its value."

Panel 6: Person 2: "Unless…"

Panel 7: Person 1: "Unless?"

Panel 8: Person 2: "Unless they paid you to analyze it."

Panel 9: Person 1: "And how do you give to the poor?"

Panel 10: Person 2: "It trickles down."

Source: smbc-comics.com