Pluralistic: Stock buybacks are stock swindles (06 Sep 2025)

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Stock buybacks are stock swindles: Raising the value of a stock without raising the value of the company.
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Object permanence: Marshmellow longtermism; Physicists are not epidemiologists; CO asphyxiation accounts for half of Hurricane Laura deaths.
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Pluralistic: Quinque gazump linkdump (12 Oct 2024)

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Quinque gazump linkdump: A sprinkling of inklings for the weekend.
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Pluralistic: How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free (24 Apr 2023)

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How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free: "Generating a tax loss without a substantial change in the investment."
Happy Independent Bookstore Day: It lasts a week!
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