Intellectual Arbitrage is the idea that in knowledge or service intensive industries, there's an opportunity to apply intellect at price points that are not previously possible, in order to achieve dramatic business outcomes. -Francisco D'Souza
The Novelist Who Predicted the Currency War (Reformed Broker)
The book is called Super Sad True Love Story and it was written by Gary Shteyngart. If the name sounds familiar, he is the brilliant and hilarious writer who gave us Absurdistan a few years back, one of my favorite books of the last decade. In SSTLS, Shteyngart introduces us to our own world a few years into the futur e. The US dollar has been devalued (several times) and citizens keep up with the state of our decaying empire on CrisisNet, a news service available on the mobile devices that have become almost like actual human appendages. The nation is seemingly held hostage while awaiting a visit from the Chinese Central Banker, a reviled figure who is essentially superior to our President.
