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Comment: Why oddball bankers suffer from 'Agassi syndrome'

What do ex-tennis player Andre Agassi and investment bankers have in common? The answer, in each case, is what people call "moments of madness": extreme behaviour brought on by the stresses of a high-profile job.

Agassi's moment of madness involved his decision to snort designer drug crystal meth, a stimulant, and lie about it to regulators, thus flouting every rule in the tennis book.

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