The Epicurean Dealmaker

An occasional review and commentary on Wall Street, global finance, markets, and their participants,
by a pseudonymous investment banker.

Sometimes we will venture out into the broader landscape of society, culture, and politics
to poke and peer at their curious denizens and bring back amusing reports.

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Names will be changed to protect the innocent, if we find any.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Quo Vadis?

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In honor of the Easter holiday, I thought I would share some thoughts from the poet and classics scholar Anne Carson on Catholicism, spiritu...
Friday, April 22, 2011

First, Let's Shoot All the Philosophers

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A few days ago, a friend of mine on Twitter linked to an article written earlier this month by the chairman of the Department of Philosoph...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Luxe, Calme et Volupté

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Henri Matisse was born in 1869, the year the Cutty Sark was launched. The year he died, 1954, the first hydrogen bomb exploded at Bikini Ato...
Friday, April 8, 2011

Weekend Interlude

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Body of a woman, white hills, white thighs, you look like a world, lying in surrender. My rough peasant's body digs into you and makes t...
Sunday, April 3, 2011

Run and Find Out

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"There are more things to find out about in this house," he said to himself, "than all my family could find out in all their ...
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