Medici Effect: What You Can Learn from Elephants and Epidemics

Notes

Introduction

1. Donald McNeil, “Termite Mounds Inspire Design for African Office Complex,” New York Times, 13 February 1997.

2. Quoted from “Ant Hill,” an article by Lindsay Johnston that describes East-gate, among other buildings. See <www.fourhorizons.com.au/lindsay/ar_articles/ar_74.pdf>.

3. For a great portrait of George Soros’s life, philosophy, and accomplishments, read Michael Kaufman, Soros: The Life and Times of a Messianic Billionaire (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2002). Also, for a good account of how George Soros integrated philosophy into his trading strategies, see George Soros, The Alchemy of Finance: Reading the Mind of the Market (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1987).

Chapter 1

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