American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

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Hedge fund song of the season

Let it Grow
(as sung by a 2009 HF marketer)
Oh the weather outside is shitty.
And my bed it looks so pretty.
But since I was not let go
I’ll make dough, I’ll make dough, I’ll make dough
There ain’t any funds to gather
But still I’ve got to blather
My cranky boss CIO
Wants to grow, wants to grow, wants to grow
When [...]

Nothing focuses management quite like ownership

Letter to HBS prof William Sahlman regarding this excellent paper:
“Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us”…)
This is a brilliant exposition on the management failures. I only take issue with the notion that the dot com crash had a smaller effect on the domestic economy, or that the dot [...]

Rush Hour(s?)

The Body Morphic from Indelible Dance on Vimeo.

The Decline and Fall of the U.S. – more of a trope every day

David Michael from Eugene, Oregon writes on the NYTimes’ boards today in response to Friedman’s latest column:
After having built a large home in Oregon during our “raising kids” days that cost over half a million, I find it ironic that my wife and I now live in a 200 foot square box that moves around [...]

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