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Michael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
In an indictment brought by the US attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, the US Department of Justice charged Sam with various crimes and then allowed him to post $250 million bond as bail. Sam hadn’t posted $250 million. Sam’s parents had posted their home and assumed the risk that he would jump bail—in which case they would, in
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theverge.comIn his 1995 book Trust, he argues that the ability of a society to form large networks is largely a reflection of that society’s level of trust. Fukuyama makes a strong distinction between what he calls “familial” societies, like those of southern Europe and Latin America, and “high-trust” societies, like those of Germany, the United States, and
... See moreCesar Hidalgo • Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies
