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...part of it too, albeit indirectly. Pension funds, foundations and endowments--cautious money--flooded into hedge funds after stocks tanked following the late-'90s boom. The institutions were seeking an edge. They didn't get much of one for long: the industry's last year of 20%-plus returns was 2003, according to Hedge Fund Research, and since then funds have on average returned an unflashy 9% a year, partly because the torrent of new money makes markets more efficient...
...1960s, many states in the U.S. began reassessing hospitalized mental patients, releasing those not deemed to be a danger to themselves or others and passing laws making it more difficult to commit individuals without their consent. Many asylum patients were released, albeit with mixed results...
What makes this all the more reprehensible is that, even had the true nature of the job been fully explained, the film crew might well have found willing participants, albeit probably for higher pay. Instead, it appears that the filmmakers elected to save a few hundred dollars. And why not? The village, being ostracized from Romanian society at large because it is inhabited by Roma people, was especially easy to exploit...
Both of these alleged incidents involve a production team skillfully executing a strategy to manipulate individuals into supposedly unlikely actions. Liquoring up some frat boys to distort their judgment before offering a contract is certainly unscrupulous. But in the end, these boys were offered a choice, albeit a drunken one, and hanged themselves by their own words. In the case of Glod, the villagers were not given a choice, which not only makes the filmmakers legally liable, but goes against the entire movie’s premise...
...think I may do something more along the lines of what two friends of mine did. They gave each other engagement backpacks to use on their extended honeymoon. The backpacks were of some value (albeit not at a Harry Winston level, but also not something they would normally buy); but they were also unique gifts that reflected who they were and what they wanted to do together as husband and wife...