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Chickens and the Roost

No Louvre, no castles on the Loire, can offer so many pleasant and unforgettable sensations as the gloomy and humble interior of the Hotel Vorkuta.

    Sunday Coffee Thoughts

    Happiness sneaks up on me.

      AI, Employment and Salami Tactics

      THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE. INVESTING IS RISKY AND OFTEN PAINFUL. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.

        Adapting to Policy Uncertainty

        THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE. INVESTING IS RISKY AND OFTEN PAINFUL. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.

          Sunday Coffee Thoughts

          We can’t bend time to our will, it just flows on.

            Techno-Authoritarianism

            THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE. INVESTING IS RISKY AND OFTEN PAINFUL. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.

              Our Dark Triad Overlords

              THIS IS NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE. INVESTING IS RISKY AND OFTEN PAINFUL. DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.

                Buy the Blitzkrieg, Sell Retreat

                …the investor crowd often has superb intuitions about long-term events … these judgments should be respected and followed.”

                  Sunday Coffee Thoughts

                  In mountain climbing, there are false summits—you think you are there and discover there is further to go.

                    What’s Known

                    This was an era where many huge companies had emerged and the public had begun to view such concerns as enemies, fostering the increasing use of antitrust legislation to combat the price-fixing combinations they had formed.