Search Results: art of the deal

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

By Ben Hunt | March 3, 2019 | 12 Comments
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…Sure, political discretion was often the better part of monetary policy valor. But by and large, capital markets were ALLOWED to have chance play a large role in their outcomes….

The Grand Inquisition

By Demonetized | March 11, 2019 | 7 Comments
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…simple. During the Inquisition, Christ returns to Earth and begins performing miracles. Rather than welcoming him with open arms, the Grand Inquisitor immediately has Christ imprisoned, fully intending to have…

Gravity

By Rusty Guinn | April 11, 2019 | 3 Comments
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…in our politics and culture, and an interesting new framing of its psychological and behavioral causes. That novel framing comes from a new article in the journal published by the…

The Upside Down

By Ben Hunt | July 9, 2019 | 1 Comment
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…not a list of best articles or articles we think are most interesting … often far from it. But for whatever reason these are articles that are representative of some…

Mailbag: A Modern Vocational Curriculum

By Rusty Guinn | July 16, 2019 | 2 Comments
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…as part of their social education, they had to spend one month as Buddhist monks , and beg for food on the streets every day . Regardless of the fact…

The Donkey of Guizhou

By Ben Hunt | August 5, 2019 | 7 Comments
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…not a list of best articles or articles we think are most interesting … often far from it. But for whatever reason these are articles that are representative of some…

When the Product is Free, You’re the Product

By Ben Hunt | October 2, 2019 | 3 Comments
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…in a broad-based price war that is crimping profitability across the financial sector. “There are certain parts of finance that have become commoditized,” said Devin Ryan, an analyst at JMP…

Fear Factor

By Ben Hunt | October 4, 2019 | 4 Comments
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…care, and energy sectors as progressive regulation hits bottom lines, the strategists said. Apax Partners Says Warren, Ocasio-Cortez Shouldn’t Target Firm  [Bloomberg] A spokesman for Apax Partners LLP says the private equity…

An Experiment

By Rusty Guinn | January 6, 2020 | 83 Comments
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…the Sp500 Tech sector? mwgjerde Seems like a totally artificial chart. Like China’s growth rate or 1980s GE profits that were amazingly consistent. Only China didn’t start growth in the…

The Elton/Hootie Line

By Rusty Guinn | March 4, 2020 | 39 Comments
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…minor trend among heavy metal, punk and the occasional rap artist went mainstream. It’s not his fault that Elton John topped the charts with a musical-inspired soundtrack album to The…

Shot, Chaser

By Ben Hunt | January 13, 2020 | 9 Comments
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…CEO Dennis Muilenburg left the company with stock options and other assets worth about $80 million, but did not receive severance as part of his departure from the embattled company,…

That Which We Call a Law School

By Rusty Guinn | January 16, 2020 | 13 Comments
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…because much of it is classified, but this article presents part of the story. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-fihn-californias-central-role-in-nuclear-arems-race-20181024-story.html The point is, post WWII and during the cold war, the government needed to fund…

Pleased to Meet You, Hope You Guess My Name

By Ben Hunt | January 22, 2020 | 10 Comments
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…meet you. Hope you guess my name. In the end the Party would announce that two and two made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable…

That Escalated Quickly

By Ben Hunt | February 10, 2020 | 2 Comments
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I published this note today on the website, and it’s making a bi of a splash. We’ll publicize it more actively tomorrow, but wanted to give you a headstart, including…

Until Further Notice

By Rusty Guinn | March 31, 2020 | 10 Comments
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…to be executed under this act and its likely successor bills in 2020, we determined it would be easier to provide an easy-to-follow decision chart that will tell you in…

No Country for Old Men

By Ben Hunt | June 12, 2020 | 16 Comments
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…mostly. Cannabis helps a bit. Nothing helps much. The worst part is not sleeping for more than an hour or two at a time. Hmm. Actually, the worst part is…

Sideways: Observations on Pain and Privilege

By Ben Hunt | June 29, 2020 | 25 Comments
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…random hospital floor and measure the thickness of the medical charts compared with the type of insurance coverage afforded the patient. Patients with Private insurance had literally twice the chart

The Endemic Mindset

By Rusty Guinn | November 16, 2020 | 38 Comments
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…Thanksgiving with the same people you’ve seen day in and day out for 8 months make you want to scream? In your heart of hearts, do all of those things…