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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
David Foster Wallace • Deciderization 2007—a Special Report
His life remained the life of a brilliant young man until he was old: so did his spirit: his games, his interests, kept the lightness of a young don’s. And, like many men who keep a young man’s interests into their sixties, his last years were the darker for it.
G. H. Hardy • A Mathematician's Apology (Canto Classics)
Early Work — Andrew Martin, author of Early Work and Cool for America
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Barry haïssait la violence des armes à feu, mais avait l’impression que c’était le prix à payer pour vivre en Amérique. Il y avait une chance – infime mais pas insignifiante, la « règle des trois sigmas », comme diraient les quants au bureau – qu’en vivant dans ce pays, quelqu’un vous abatte, vous ou votre famille. Au Japon il y avait les trembleme
... See moreGary Shteyngart • Lake Success (French Edition)
The malinvestment caused by credit expansion diverted production into lines that turned out to be unprofitable (i.e., where selling prices were lower than costs) and away from lines where it would have been profitable. So there was overproduction of specific goods relative to consumer desires, and underproduction of other specific goods.
Murray N. Rothbard • America's Great Depression
Marthe et Martin ont quarante-trois ans de mariage. Comme ils se sont mariés à vingt et un ans ça leur en fait soixante-quatre. Ils sont déjà en retraite ou tout près de l'être, suivant le régime social qui s'applique dans leur cas. Comme on dit, ils vont finir leur vie ensemble. Dans ces conditions il est bien certain que se forme une entité “coup
... See moreMichel Houellebecq • Extension du domaine de la lutte (French Edition)
It was all in people’s heads. People had simply changed their opinions of paper wealth, but, for all practical purposes, the planet might as well have been knocked out of orbit by a meteor the size of Luxembourg.