I recently witnessed at the house of a Polish friend a card game that went on for hours and during which 20 players around the same table had to wait longish periods for their turn to play. I noticed that when the players were not “in” the game, they were deep in furious discussion. “What are they doing,” I asked. “They are making money,” my friend beamed. He explained the scenario: Let us assume player A has a container of jeans he bought for $100,000. He will sell it to player B for $110,000. Although player B was warned that the jeans only had one leg. Player B still goes with the deal and wastes no time in palming the lot off on player C for $120,000, who also doesn’t hold onto it for too long before making his margin with the next buyer. And so it goes round and
