Follow-ups

Ideas and Issues Personal Writings

New Orleans        A couple of notes worth mentioning in follow-up to blogs of the past especially about the world and wildness in non-profit land: *    GiveWell.org         We have discussed the boosterism of Stephanie Strom of the Times  was this small operation and its young former hedge fund researchers who were promoting themselves …

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ACORN Ideas and Issues Personal Writings

New York      Luckily our annual “relationship” meeting with Citigroup was the day after they announced more multi-billion losses, layoffs, and restatements. Clearly, we were slipping into the building between the seams. Things looked somewhat normal, but people were still waiting for more shoes to drop. The news was sobering in many areas. Citi …

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