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The execs talk over their laptops with a wit and a pace that would leave even the Gilmore girls lagging behind. It’s hard to tell whether chit-chat is interspersed with business or vice versa. They discuss meetings with the Dean and have a clash over publicity...

Author: By Alexander J.B. Wells, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eleganza | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

Not at all apologetically, the girls explain that their meetings last so long because they get along so well. “How awkward would it be if we hated each other?” asks Su. “Or if we hated one of us,?...

Author: By Alexander J.B. Wells, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Eleganza | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

Think about the perfectly-timed choreography: the battle over the emergency exit row seat, the subprime dining selection (assuming there is still choice by the time they get to you), the Twitter flight status updates, the arrival dinner, the planned drinks date, and the conference or company or checking account...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Volcanic Ash Allowing | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

Ironically, the challenge to this position is anything but new. It goes back to the German historical school of famed authors like Arnold Toynbee and Joseph A. Schumpeter. As John Maynard Keynes himself wrote in the preface to his masterpiece, “The difficulty lies, not in new ideas...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Volcanic Ash Allowing | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

The first is closely related to a philosophical idea popularized by Soros himself: reflexivity. Originally developed as a sociological concept, reflexivity incorporates the essential feedback loop between cause and effect into analysis. This is best illustrated through self-fulfilling prophecies; think about a bank run à la Northern Rock...

Author: By Pierpaolo Barbieri | Title: Volcanic Ash Allowing | 4/23/2010 | See Source »

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