Jacqui’s Reviews > 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation > Status Update

“[Thomas] Lamont agreed to join JPM with one condition: “He wanted three months of vacation a year. Travel, he explained to Morgan, was essential to understanding the world and would therefore be valuable to his work at JP Morgan.”

Back when it took 8 days to travel between NYC and Paris via boat, three months doesn’t seem excessive.