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Bernie Sanders: “More and more of those folks in math, physics, they're going…”

Featuring: Bernie Sanders, Independent | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Jon Stewart & Bernie Sanders on Rebuilding Trust & Efficacy in the Government The Weekly Show

Published | Video Starts at 44:41

I'm assuming you're going to stay in the same building and teach the next people that are coming up with a PhD. Yeah, most people would think. But you know what? More and more of those folks in math, physics, they're going to Wall Street. Oh, they're using those skills for high speed trading to know how to manipulate the market, take advantage of the market. Takes a certain skill to do that. (44:41–44:45)

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Asserts that graduates in math and physics are increasingly choosing careers on Wall Street.

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