The speculative capitalism practised by Salomon Brothers and their competitors does not, in fact, "work hard to free others from constraints." More precisely, it seeks to subtract freedom from others, on behalf of its clients, using capital's gravitational tendency to attract more capital. Contrary to free market mythology, wealth does not emerge spontaneously via some inter-dimensional rift. It is, rather more typically, moved from one place to another. In 1997, the billionaire speculator George Soros famously converted the homes and livelihoods of Thai and Malaysian workers into his personal property.