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  • The Madoff Metaphor

    While the sentiment of moment is harshly judgmental, it is difficult not to think about Madoff as a metaphor of recent times. He has played his role well in the public drama of shock and blame: stoically bearing guilt within the rituals of censure and condemnation.
    His decision to turn from trading to the fabrication of [...]

  • Assault on Trust

    Remember the adage, “the customer is always right?” Well, it articulates a psychological truism called the “Law of Effect”. Simply put, the meaning of an action is in what it does.  Our adage reflects on one meaningful dimension of a transaction, motivated ,of course, by the desire for a smooth business deal from the perspective [...]

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