Maybe it is a good thing that banking isn't more attractive to developers.<p>While banking is important I doubt it is the best allocation of resources. Banking accounts for 20% of GDP in the US. [1]<p>As Warren Buffet once said: <i>"It has always been a fantasy of mine that a boatload of 25 brokers would be shipwrecked and struggle to an island from which there could be no rescue. Faced with developing an economy that would maximize their consumption and pleasure, would they, I wonder, assign 20 of their number to produce food, clothing, shelter, etc., while setting five to trading endlessly on the future output of the 20?"</i> -Warren Buffet
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"As of 2004 the financial services industry (finance industry) represented 20% of the market capitalization of the S&P 500 in the United States.[citation needed]"