After The Fall, Don’t Blame The Women
May 25, 2018
Alan Greenspan, Arthur Levitt, Brooksley Born, Elizabeth Warren, Larry Summers, Michael Lewis, Monica Potts, Robert Rubin, She Called It, Sheila Bair, The Big Short, The Green Recession of 20080 Comment
After the 2008 financial crisis in the United State — the result of Wall Street bundling bad mortgages together and selling them as investments — writer Michael Lewis wrote, The Big Short, a best seller about what happened. Primarily, he focused on the few canny invest
Continue Reading →Tweets, Aphorisms And Adages — When Less Is More
February 24, 2017
300 Arguments, adage, aphorism, Rachel Syme, Robert Browning, Sarah Manguso, The Big Short
Not long ago, I had an exchange with an attorney who corrected my use of the words tactics and strategy. I replied his distinction was without a difference and pointed out the English Oxford Dictionary (OED) recognized the words as synonyms. Lawyerly language, as my attorney fr
Continue Reading →Finding An Audience
January 11, 2016
Blind Side, how to make complex subjects interesting, Liar's Poker, Michael Lewis, Moneyball, The Big Short
I’m no genius, but I like to think people who read my blogs are. Why? Because if they find me, they discover curious items about the world, together with references that will allow them to pursue further information, if they choose. Blogs featuring boxing cats and the dogs t
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