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*[https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3906201  "Discharging the Discharge for Value Defense,"] Eric Talley on Revlon Clauses in bank documents (2021).  
 
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*[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/business/scholastic-iole-lucchese-succession-battle.html?mc=aud_dev&ad-keywords=auddevgate&subid1=TAFI&ad_id=B4ZRZ16I0DU6&adgroup_id=krkmk&campaign_id=gm8gj&twclid=11466436699664306188 "Inside the Real-Life Succession Battle at Scholastic: The powerhouse children’s publisher, known for Harry Potter, had been passed from father to son until Iole Lucchese, a top executive, was given control."] NYTimes (2021).
  
 
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Revision as of 14:57, 28 December 2021

Introduction

  • "Building on Tradition — 1,400 Years of a Family Business" by Irene Herrera "Before its liquidation, Kongō Gumi was the oldest continuously operating company in the world. Founded in Japan a mere century after the fall of the Roman Empire, it survived extreme changes in Japan’s culture, government and economy, preserving traditional construction techniques and family values for over 1,400 years."
  • Valery Salov, one of the world's best chess players, thinks Hitler was part of a conspiracy to set up the nation of Israel, that Jewish identity is a myth, and that the Kabbalah explains a lot. Bobby Fischer too.



Economics


The Left

The detective novels got a rewrite in 1959. Was it a needed scrubbing or a sign of cancel culture?,"] WSJ.

Jay Nordlinger, Law and Liberty (2021).

Elite schools breed entitlement, entrench inequality—and then pretend to be engines of social change."] Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic (2021).

The Right


Miscellaneous

  • Personality disorders," Mayo Clinic description of the three clusters, euphemistically called A, B, and C. Are they psychotics, sociopaths, and neurotics?