November 23, 2016
Thanksgiving Weekend Reads
- In our next installment in our #blanchednuts series, we look at the rise of the neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn in Greece. A real Greek tragedy if there ever was one.
- Some lessons on the alt-Right from a professor writing a book about them, or if you prefer to hear it from the horse’s mouth, here is a summary about the movement on Breitbart.
- A former hostage negotiator has some tips for how to survive Thanksgiving with your family.
- Ray Dalio of the massive hedge fund Bridgewater also reflects on what a Trump Presidency means for the markets. So does Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital.
- The Atlantic sits down with Henry Kissinger to learn a few things about diplomacy.
- The Hollywood Reporter interviews Steve Bannon, Trump’s future Chief of Strategy and the former head of Breitbart News.
- The Financial Time has lunch with former Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi (paywall).
- Some lessons on hard ball negotiating from the late Steve Jobs.
- Apparently the Kingdom of Bavaria kicked out Trump’s grandfather over a century ago, here is the letter he wrote so they could let him back in (they didn’t). WSJ paywall.
- Trump at the Times. Here is a curated twitter account of the encounter and here is their official report. They also look at Preibus’ role in the cabinet.
