Way Back When
As you get older, it’s completely natural to feel like things were better in the older days. People have felt this way as long as we have existed – even ancient Greek scholars claimed that life was better when they were younger! However, sometimes these feelings have some basis in reality.
After all, there were far fewer rules and restrictions on bankers in the 80s, so they could pretty much do anything that they wanted. If anything, I think that there were probably more restrictions on fraternity members back then than on traders! They had a much less restrictive time, for better or for worse.