[horsestaple]

He didn't do it to 'fix a disequilibrium', he ruthlessly exploited an opportunity for personal gain at the expense of an entire country. You can argue about the positive long term consequences, or the responsibility of the people that created the situation, but he is most definitely 'a' bad guy.

[colinmhayes]

Absolutely not. In fact, I'd say Soros is a hero in this story. It was not ending the peg that cost the british people, but creating it. The bank of england was throwing away billions of dollars trying to sustain a peg that was never sustainable. Soros' actions convinced the bank to give up and stop wasting the peoples money.