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The Confidence-Man

His Masquerade
  • Herman Melville
1857
Dix, Edwards & Co.

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Herman Melville
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What Herman Melville Can Teach Us About the Trump Era

He would point out that what plagues us are America's sins coming home to roost.
by Ariel Dorfman via The Nation on May 10, 2017

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Former Lehman Brothers Chief Executive Richard Fuld.

The Financial World and the Magical Elixir of Confidence

The financial world is a theatrical production, abundantly lubricated by that magical elixir of illusionists: confidence.
by Matt Seybold via Aeon on February 19, 2018
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