August 2010
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The Three Minds of an Anonymous HFM
A bit strangely, n+1 released a book of a series of extremely lucid conversations with an Anonymous Hedge Fund Manager (HFM) written before, during, and after the 2008 economic crisis. As you might expect from anything bearing the n+1 imprint, Diary of a Very Bad Year is well-written and deep while being approachable. In fact, it reminded me most of David Lipsky’s recent DFW travelogue...
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Horseflesh and Hypocrisy
T. Boone Pickens, from his autobiography The Luckiest Guy in the World:
I believe the greatest opportunity lies in a free marketplace. There are powerful forces afoot trying to restrict that freedom in the interests of the vested and already wealthy.
T. Boone Pickens, in congressional testimony on a bill to prevent the slaughter of horses for food:
The whole thing, it’s a...