An Epidemic of Certainty

Towards the end of every year Wall Street firms come out with forecasts, often calling them “long term capital market assumptions,” or LTCMA. The “long term” part might be their way of hedging bets while appearing authoritative.

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Madeleine Budnick
FOMO

In the surreal 1980’s movie, Brazil, a bug falls into a printer and an arrest warrant is wrongly issued for a man with the last name of Buttle, rather than Tuttle. Mr. Buttle is arrested and quickly dies of a heart attack.

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Madeleine Budnick