The inquiry is worth reading for the light it shines on one of Wall Street's murkiest businesses in the late stages of the mortgage boom - the issuance and trading of synthetic subprime CDOs.
For the past 15 years or so, graduates have emerged blinking into the white light of a witless and capricious boom time.
过去的15年，愚昧而又变幻无常的繁荣时代晃花了毕业生们的眼。
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During the dotcom boom Cisco was hailed as the leading light of the "new economy", being the supplier of most of the gear guiding data through the internet.