Character still counts in the financial services industry.

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In a functioning market, Hayek insisted, financial compensation depends not on someone's innate gifts or moral character.

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But unlike the lovable movie character, Mr. Lew is playing the villain of liberal financial lore.

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Since a segment of the population believes businessmen to be amoral or immoral by nature, the base motivation of profits is tolerable in, for example, the retail, manufacturing, and financial service sectors only as a necessary motivation due to the perceived flawed character of the individuals involved.

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While Brendan Lemon, of the Financial Times, described her portrayal as "modestly accomplished" but lacking "little insight into the character".

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