Word: contrarians
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...turned many of its nationalized industries back to private hands, no one should have felt more pleased than Maurice Allais, France's most eminent economist. During the country's postwar reconstruction, when French economists of nearly every stripe endorsed nationalization, Allais took exception. Still, he became an influential contrarian voice in the making of France's industrial policy, arguing that even state-run monopolies are most efficient when they set prices and allocate resources according to market forces...
...uneasy over the issue. Jackson's present mission is to win as many delegates as he can, starting this week in Pennsylvania and climaxing in New Jersey and California. Austin calculates that California is the one big arena where Jackson might stage a dramatic upset. Democrats there have a contrarian history of shafting the front runner, and Jackson's operatives were even putting a perverse "win by losing" spin on their situation after New York. "Now it's okay to vote for Jackson, because he's not going to be President," an adviser explained. "It's safe to go after...
Robert Kennedy had come into the presidential race in a sheepish and vaguely ignominious fashion, piggybacking on Eugene McCarthy's courage. McCarthy, the sardonic Minnesota Senator who wrote poetry and loved to work the contrarian vein, challenged L.B.J. as far back as November 1967. The McCarthy campaign, which seemed a quixotic gesture, swiftly picked up thousands of young volunteers. Long-haired students went to the barber and put on neckties ("Clean for Gene") and fanned out across New Hampshire, the first primary state, canvassing door to door, building a grass-roots movement...
...Tisch empire was built by buying good businesses at even better prices. Many Wall Street investors call themselves "value-oriented" and "contrarian," but those buzz words often translate into an investment philosophy no more profound than "Buy low, sell high." Larry Tisch is the real thing, earning his stripes over and over again...
Dean LeBaron, 49. President and sole owner of Batterymarch, LeBaron is a notorious contrarian, who loves unloved stocks. He buys securities when they are cheap, hoping that they will stage big comebacks. In early 1982 his firm invested $500 million in 250 companies threatened by bankruptcy because, he said, "those that did not go broke would more than make up for those that did." He was right: during the economic recovery and bull market, the $500 million has grown by 93% to almost $1 billion...